period/aryans.htm Hindu Texts Upanishads epics Puranas Mahabarata “Thy Name is beautiful, and very beautiful is Thy love, Oh my Omnipresent Lord. As rain is dear to the earth, as the fragrance of flowers is dear to the black bee, and as the mango is dear to the cuckoo, so is the Lord to my soul. As the sun is dear to the sheldrake, and as the lake of Man Sarowar to the swan, and as the husband is dear to the wife, so is God to my soul. As milk is dear to the baby and as the torrent of rain to the mouth of the sparrow-hawk who drinks nothing but raindrops, and as water is dear to the fish, so is the Lord to my soul.” -Bhakta Nam Dev

(Fisher, 83.) c. 400 – 200BCE the Ramayana and the Mahabaret, containing the Bhagavad Gita c. 300 CE the Tantras are writen down (they are as old as the Upanishads) c. 600 – 1800 CE Bhakti Flourishes c BCE Aryan Invasion c BCE early vedas are first writen down C. 600 – 400 BCE Upanishads recorded 500 BCE Bhakti emerges as a religious movement Hindu Time Line

- The path of devotion. Bhakti

Brihadesvara / Rajarajeshvara Temple c – 1010

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Ganesh

12 th century C.E. 9 th to 10 th century C.E. 13 th century C.E. Rajaraja Chola Museum, Royal Palace

Gajendra -the lord of the elephants c. 10 th – 12 th century

Siva Nataraja, 11th c. From Southern India. Location :Musee des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France Photo Credit : Giraudon / Art Resource, NY Image Reference : ART &FP=425770&E=22SIJMEJZ3YM&SID=JMGEJN5GZS GM&Pic=3&SubE=2UNTWANUBFC Siva Nataraja. Ringed by a circle of flames Siva dances on the back of the prostrate dwarf Apasmara. From Madras. Chola dynasty, 11th c. Bronze, H: 89 cm. Location :Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain Photo Credit : Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Art Resource, NY Image Reference : ART &E=22SIJMEJZ3YM&SID=JMGEJN5GZSGM&Pic=6&SubE=2U NTWAGQS67U 13th century CE Siva Nataraja. Bronze statue. Chola dynasty, 13th c. Location :Government Museum and National Art Gallery, Madura, Tamil Nadu, India Photo Credit : Borromeo / Art Resource, NY Image Reference : ART px?o=&Total=13&FP=425770&E=22SIJMEJZ3Y M&SID=JMGEJN5GZSGM&Pic=1&SubE=2UNT WAGRY9L Shiva Nataraja

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