The Other Side Gangetic & central
320 – 550 CE · Gangetic & central

Gupta

Rule, letters and performance — the best-preserved imagery on the site, and the easiest to over-read.

Written
Dancer, full figure inferred
Dancer, full figure
Caption pending: what it shows, what it proves, where it stops.
Dancer
Reconstruction — drawn, not photographed
Dancer, in the hall inferred
Dancer, in the hall
Caption pending: what it shows, what it proves, where it stops.
Dancer
Reconstruction — drawn, not photographed
Dancer, room context inferred
Dancer, room context
Caption pending: what it shows, what it proves, where it stops.
Dancer
Reconstruction — drawn, not photographed
At the writing board inferred
At the writing board
Caption pending: what it shows, what it proves, where it stops.
Poet
Reconstruction — drawn, not photographed
Poet, portrait inferred
Poet, portrait
Caption pending: what it shows, what it proves, where it stops.
Poet
Reconstruction — drawn, not photographed
Festival, many hands inferred
Festival, many hands
Caption pending: what it shows, what it proves, where it stops.
Musician Dancer
Reconstruction — drawn, not photographed

Plates are drawn reconstructions unless a collection is named. Standing flags on the illustrations are declared on the method page.

Sources

Numbered against the plates above. Where a plate is a reconstruction rather than a photograph, the note says what the drawing was built from.

—Sources for this era are being compiled. Each plate above will carry a numbered footnote to a specific work once they are in.
Earlier
Manipur valley
Later
Kadamba