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1. The army of
life-size terra-cotta soldiers found in the tomb of the first emporer of
the Ch'in dynasty. (256-206 B.C.E.)
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2. The Han Empire
206 B.C.E - 220 C.E.
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3. Court figures
painted on ceramic tile in a Han Dynasty tomb.
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4. A Chinese Seismograph.
The suspended weight swings in the direction of the earthquake. This
moves a lever and a dragon drops a ball in the mouth of one of the four
waiting ceramic frogs.
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5. The T'ang Empire
at its peak during the eighth century.
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6. Stone sculpture
of bodhisatva reflecting the full-bodied, almost voluptuous, T'ang ideal
of beauty.
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7. The Southern
Sung and Chin Empires.
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8. The Northern
Sung and Liao Empires.
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9. An elegant
Sung dynasty wine pot with green Celadon glaze.
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10. The Mongol
empire in the late thirteenth century.
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11. The Bodhisatva
Avalokiteshvara, detail of a Buddhist wall painting from the cave shrines
at Ajanta, Gupta period, ca 475 C.E.
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12. International
trade routes in Gupta and Sasanid times.
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13. Fifth Century
C.E. statue of Lokanatha from Samath, showing influence both from Gupta
and Greco-Roman antecedents.
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14. The Buddha
preaching his first sermon.
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15. Vishnu reclining
upon the cosmic waters at the beginning of creation, cushioned by the serpent
infinity and dreaming the Universe into existence.
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16. This fluid,
balanced image depicts the so-called "dancing Shiva" engaged in his dance
of simultaneous destruction and creation of the universe.
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