http://www.webindia123.com/history/ANCIENT/aryans%20and%20vedic%20period/aryans.htm

Hindu Texts

Upanishads

epics

Puranas

Mahabarata

“Thy Name is beautiful, and very beautiful is Thy love, Oh my Omnipresent Lord.As rain is dear to the earth , as the fragrance of flowers is dear to the black bee, and as the

mango is dear to the cuckoo, so is the Lord to my soul.As the sun is dear to the sheldrake, and as the lake of Man Sarowar to the swan, and as the

husband is dear to the wife, so is God to my soul.As milk is dear to the baby and as the torrent of rain to the mouth of the sparrow-hawk who

drinks nothing but raindrops, and as water is dear to the fish, so is the Lord to my soul.” -Bhakta Nam Dev

(Fisher, 83.)

• c. 400 – 200BCE• the Ramayana and the

Mahabaret, containing the Bhagavad Gita

• c. 300 CE the Tantras are writen down (they are as old as the Upanishads)

• c. 600 – 1800 CE Bhakti Flourishes

• c. 2000 BCE • Aryan Invasion• c. 1500 BCE early vedas

are first writen down• C. 600 – 400 BCE

Upanishads recorded• 500 BCE Bhakti

emerges as a religious movement

Hindu Time Line

http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo40/chola_mandalam_empire.htm

- The path of devotion.

Bhakti

http://jackchang.net/vivjack/chapter4.html

http://www.uni-leipzig.de/ru/photos/hindus/hindu.jpg

http://www.planet-interkom.de/helmut.appelt/rIND.html

http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jcarpent/images/photogallery/photo12867/Rajarajeshvara.jpg

Brihadesvara / Rajarajeshvara Temple

c. 1003 – 1010

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1000_1099/southtemples/tanjore2/tanjore2.jpg http://www.atributetohinduism.com/images/Rajarajeshwara_temple3.jpg

http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/thanjavur/BRIHADESHVARA11.htm

http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/thanjavur/BRIHADESHVARA13.htm

http://ganapati.club.fr/tn/images/p104%20469a.html

http://ganapati.club.fr/tn/images/p11002934a.html

Ganesh

http://ganapati.club.fr/anglais/atn/atn3.html

http://ganapati.club.fr/anglais/atn/atn3.html

http://ganapati.club.fr/anglais/atn/atn3.html

12th century C.E.

9th to 10th century C.E.13th century C.E.

Rajaraja Chola Museum, Royal Palace

http://everythingelephants.com/Collecting_Antique_Elephants_Article.html

Gajendra -the lord of

the elephants

c. 10th – 12th

century

Siva Nataraja, 11th c. From Southern India.Location :Musee des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France

Photo Credit : Giraudon / Art Resource, NY  Image Reference : ART7045

http://www.artres.com/c/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=13&FP=425770&E=22SIJMEJZ3YM&SID=JMGEJN5GZSGM&Pic=3&SubE=2UNTWANUBFC

Siva Nataraja. Ringed by a circle of flames Siva dances on the

back of the prostrate dwarf Apasmara. From Madras. Chola dynasty, 11th c. Bronze, H: 89 cm.

Location :Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great BritainPhoto Credit : Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Art

Resource, NY  Image Reference : ART51337

http://www.artres.com/c/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=13&FP=425770&E=22SIJMEJZ3YM&SID=JMGEJN5GZSGM&Pic=6&SubE=2UNTWAGQS67U

13th century CESiva Nataraja. Bronze statue. Chola dynasty, 13th

c.Location :Government Museum and National Art

Gallery, Madura, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhoto Credit : Borromeo / Art Resource, NY  

Image Reference : ART1383

http://www.artres.com/c/htm/

CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=13&FP=425770&E=22SIJMEJZ3YM&SID=JMGEJN5GZSGM&Pic=1&SubE=2UNTWAGRY9LShiva Nataraja

Bibliography

http://www.hindunet.org/god/Gods/ganesh/

http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo40/chola_mandalam_empire.htm

http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/thanjavur/bri01.html

Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. 5th ed. Printice-Hall Inc.. New Jersey:2002. (pgs. 88-95)

Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History. Vol. 1, 2cnbd Ed.. Harry N. Adams, Inc. New Jersey:2002. (pgs. 395 – 399).