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Shiva. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

A physician, his herbs presumably in a satchel across his shoulders, pulls out a thorn from the lady's foot. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

A class in session. The potbellied teacher is being fanned by a servant girl while he gives the lessons. His students surround him; one has a satchel across his back, another has a tablet under his arm. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th...

Kuber, the money god. He holds a mace, a twisted weapon, and a mongoose. A money pot is on the floor behind him. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

Or, how you should put kajal (kohl, collyrium) on your eyes. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE

A broken sculpture of the five kinds of fire. Hunger is in the foreground. It bites like a scorpion. It is surrounded by the other four fires: greed, envy, lust, and anger. The fire are all skeletal; their ribs show through. A human lies...

There are numerous depictions of Hari-Hara (a combined form of Shiva and Vishnu) but it is relatively rare to see a combined form of Surya and Shiva. The right half of this sculpture is Surya, the Sun God. He is holding lotuses: a fully bloomed...

From a wall of one of the temples at Khajuraho. The bottom half has gods such as Ganesha and Agni while the top half has snapshots of human life. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE

Some help is always appreciated when tying on (or untying) those heavy anklets bells. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.

Kamadev, the god of love, and his wife Rati. Kamadev holds his sugarcane-and-bees-stringed bow and flower-tipped arrow. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th CE.