EditorialThe story of the Dandaka desert. Rama is told the story of how the entire region was cursed with a dust storm that would render Danda, his family and kingdom and all life lifeless within seven days. Danda was cursed for ravishing Aruja, shown in the ce...
EditorialSun God Surya with Adityas, Attendants, and?Wives, late 11th?century, Schist, 74.9 ? 35.6 ? 14 cm (29 1/2 ? 14 ? 5 1/2?in.), Surya is featured in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions and is one of the twelve Adityas, or children of the goddess of the hea...
EditorialThe God Danda and the Goddess Niksubha (Attendants of Surya, the Sun God), India, 11th century, India, Sandstone, H. 21 in. (53.3 cm); W. 21 in. (53.3 cm); D. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialThe story of the Dandaka desert. Rama is told the story of how the entire region was cursed with a dust storm that would render Danda, his family and kingdom and all life lifeless within seven days. Danda was cursed for ravishing Aruja, shown in the ce...