esoteric buddhist painting vs greco-buddhist sculpture

Portrait of a Kalmyk woman. Photo by Aldar Kishtenov The Kalmyks are the only ethnic group in Europe that traditionally practices Buddhism and speaks a language of the Mongolic group. They are descendants of the Oirats (Western Mongols) from Dzungaria. The name "Kalmyk" itself

Lots of prehistoric cultural interaction and mixing between northern Chinese and Siberians 7700 yrs ago, so prior to the earliest Chinese dynasty. Arcticism paper discovered certain shared practices between both- oracle bone pyromancy, reflexology, meridian points

An ancient Tamil princess in Tanjore painting style, India

•A diferença de aparência física entre os Jomon e os Yayoi, dois povos que contribuíram geneticamente para o surgimento do povo japonês. Os Jomon eram caçadores-coletores, os Yayoi em contrapartida já dominavam a agricultura.

Pala Era manuscript depicting women wearing Cholis from Eastern India These are more than 1000 years old!

•Vestimentas do período da civilização do Vale do Rio Indo (2600-1900 a.C.)

Two Tajik girls in traditional dress, Eastern Iran. #Iranian #Iran

Women warriors in Akharas before colonial invasions erased them from our memory. They trained alongside men. Wrestled. Wielded weapons. Defended honour. Then came the 'civilizers' with their Victorian morality, rewriting our history to fit their narrative of weak, domesticated

An Oudh painting of Krishna playing #Holi with Radhika and other gopis. (c. 19th century)

1940. Urban India wore full blouses and colonial shame. This Fakirani Jat woman in Kutch? Didn't even know she was supposed to. By 1940, urban India had already completed the Victorian arc - full blouses, sleeves, moral lectures on "modesty", colonial etiquette manuals teaching

Iconic Bollywood actress Saira Banu 💮

If you think that woman warrior is accidental or random, you are wrong. Yet another one from Bhimbetka quashing your ABLA Nari jibe. This image likely a few centuries old contrasts that woman were not able to protect themselves. Archaeology can;t be interpolated while text can.

Irish McCalla 🇺🇸 (‘50s-‘60s)

An acrobatic Sexual Act Painting; Pahari Kangra style (1820 CE).... (Album 29, Raza Library, Rampur, UP - India) Kangra painting is the pictorial art of Kangra, named after Kangra State, a former princely state of Himachal Pradesh, India; which patronized the art. It became

the real historical inspiration for fan changyu in #PursuitOfJade is qin liangyu, the ming dynasty female general of extraordinary skill and courage. the chongzhen emperor even wrote poems in her honor, featuring the famous line, “why must a general be a man?” growing up in what

Rāma and Sītā in South East Asia They overflowed beyond India! They live, breathe, and dance across an entire civilisational sphere from India to Southeast Asia. In Indonesia, they become part of the Ramayana Ballet of Prambanan. In Thailand, they are reborn as Ramakien.

A Vietnamese guerrilla standing guard in the Mekong Delta, 1973. IMAGE: Le Minh Truong / Another Vietnam / National Geographic Books

Facial reconstruction of a 2,500-year-old Scythian from the Dogehe-Baary II site in Tuva The Scythians, also known as the Saka, were an Iranic-speaking people who originated in the regions of Minusinsk, the Altai, Tuva, Mongolia, and Xinjiang. Dogehe-Baary II is located on

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