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Shiva Tripuravijaya
A copper alloy Chola sculpture of Shiva Tripuravijaya ("Vanquisher of Three Cities"). Created c. 1000 CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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The Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur
The Brihadishvara Temple (side view), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. c. 1010-1025 CE. The temple is, at 65 m high, one of the largest Chola period buildings.
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Monumental Gateway, Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur
The monumental gateway of the Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. c. 1010-1025 CE. The temple is one of the largest Chola period buildings.
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Shang Dynasty of China, c. 1100 BCE
A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Bronze Age Shang dynasty of China in the second millennium BCE following the overthrowing of the Xia dynasty. Established around 1600 BCE, on the North China Plain, the Shang ruled by a single...
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Tang Dynasty of China, c. 669 CE
A map illustrating the Tang Dynasty of China at its greatest extent under the rule of Emperor Gaozong, encompassing modern-day China, parts of Central Asia, and the Korean Peninsula. Around 669, the Empire reached its pinnacle of economic...
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Gupta Dynasty India, 320 - c. 550 CE
A map illustrating the rise to power and expansion of the Gupta dynasty in India. Once rulers of the Magadha (now Bihar) kingdom, between the early 300s and mid-500s, they held an empire in northern and parts of central and western India...
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Liao Dynasty Map
A map indicating the territory controlled by the Liao dynasty (Khitans), 907-1125 CE.
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Celadon Fish-Dragon Ewer, Goryeo Dynasty
A celadon fish-dragon ewer. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Soul, South Korea)
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Delhi Sultanate under the Mamluk Dynasty, 1206-1290
A map illustrating the rise and evolution of the Sultanate of Delhi during the times of its first ruling dynasty – the Mamluks (also known as the Slave or Ghulam Dynasty), an influential military class of slave soldiers between 1206 and 1290...
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Map of Yuan Dynasty China
A map indicating the territory of the Mongol Yuan dynasty of China (1271-1368 CE).
