Room 12 | India 2500 BC-AD 600 gallery
Explore the early development of Indian art, from the artefacts of the Indus Valley to the Hindu and Buddhist sculpture of north India and Gandhara.
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Fragment of a model torana, or gateway to a stupa
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Afghanistan (possible place of creation)
- Date
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1st century AD (AD 1 - 100)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)
- Material and technique
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 4.3 x 0.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Samuel Eilenberg, 1994.
- Accession no.
- EA1994.39
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Further reading
Branfoot, Crispin, ‘Pilgrimage in South Asia: Crossing Boundaries of Space and Faith’, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 64, illus. p. 65 fig. 64
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 64, illus. p. 65 fig. 64
Location
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Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600
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Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600
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