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Ancient Taxila Coin 200-100 BCE. Taxila is at present an area of Pakistan. British Museum.
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Read the text. A symbol of the eight fold path "Arya Magga" (the noble path of the dhamma) in early Buddhism. An intricate representation of the Dharmachakra, or Buddhist eight spoked Wheel. Dhamma or Dharma
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Tumulus, Stupa, Wheel, Tree (Saraka Indica Linn, Bodhi tree), Lotus, Bull horns, Triratna, Elephant, Bull, Horse and lion. Page 57 from Book: "The beginnings of Buddhist art and other essays in Indian and Central-Asian archaeology" by A. Foucher (1917)
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Page 56 The beginnings of Buddhist art and other essays in Indian and Central-Asian archaeology 1917 A. Foucher
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A Bodhisatta / Bodhisattva of Gandhara with horned deer hat. Indo-Greek i.e. Indo-Hellenistic Buddhism of India and present day Pakistan. Hat with horn of barking deer. Exhibited at Salem District Museum, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Afghanistan femminile, dal sito di hadda monastero di tapa-i-kafariha, III-IV sec. Bagh-Gai, Art of Gandhara in the Musée Guimet.
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Centaur Winged figure with turban Buddhism or Saivism - Angel - A Suparna (evt. a Garuda) from Mathura Exhibited at Lucknow museum India c. 273 BC-232 BC
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Guardian Elephanta cave. adjacent to the great cave. Mumbai, India. Photo by Elroy Serrao, 2008
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Wooden horned figure is seating a throne, sculpture of the Kafirs Bashgali. Pinewood, found in the Kalash Valley (Pakistan). Trefigur i Kalash med horns som sitter på en trone.
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Sun-wheel & Sun-cross. Ancient Doric place at Crete in Greece. Resembling a Yoni. Photo by Lessi2306
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God Hermes. Hellenic Greek tomb door. Exhibited at Leeds City Museum, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Indo-Greek (Archaic). Athens. Hellenistic. Hellas. Detail of the first known depiction of the Archaic Greek God Hermes. Detalj av den første avbildningen av guden Hermes. The God Hermes: D'Ermes - d'hermès - Guden Hermes
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The first known depiction of the archaic Hellenistic God Hermes. Athens. Den første kjente avbildningen av den arkaisk greske guden Hermes. The God Hermes - D'Ermes - d'hermès - Guden Hermes
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God with horns. Hellenistic Minoan. Gehörnter Gott, Enkomi, Cyprus. 12 Century BCE. Minoisk greske fra Kypros
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Silver didrachm of Knossos in Crete, ca. 425–ca. 360 BC obverse Minotaur running right. Minoisk gresk Minotaur fra Kreta
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Olympia Archaic Greek (photo from 1877) Hermes God. Den arkaiske guden Hermes i et tempel, Olympia, Hellas
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Lapith and Centaur Curtius Olympia Hera tempel in Olympia 1877 Figuren aus dem Westgiebel. Kentaur Centaur
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Detail of painting from Minoan Crete in Greece. Hellenistic Bronze Age triad on a Sarcophage
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Double Ax Archaeological Museum in Herakleion. Golden minoan labrys at Crete. Krete. Kriti in Ancient Greece. Dobbel øks fra antikkens Hellas
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Thetis gives her son Achilles his weapons newly forged by Hephaestus, detail of an Attic black-figure hydria, ca. 575 BC–550 BC. Legg merke til ringen som Thetis og Achilles holder i
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Ring for protection. Crátera ática de figuras rojas. Sala II. Pintor del Tirso Negro. Gresk-romersk kvinne gjør slik som samene gjorde, å se gjennom en ring for å oppnå en beskyttelse
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Apollo w. kithara is holding a phiale (flat cup) for Nike (Victory) to pour a libation. Between them is a omphalos (i.e. Marble). Roman copy of the late 1st century CE. Pagan i.e. Pre-Christian neo-Attic Hellenistic era
