Les Antiques de Nepal
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‘Naitya Devi’ (15th century A.D.) is one of the earliest discovered. As for antique paintings, ‘Krishna Lila’, ‘Dasamvidya’, ‘Shiv Pariwar’ are from the 18th century A.D. while a painting of ‘ Mahisasura Mardini’ has been dated to 16th century A.D.
While most of the early antiques were depictions of Hindu Deities, Budhist sculpture only started to appear in the valley from 5th century A.D. Among the earliest are the ‘Budha head’ (7th century A.D.), measuring 16cmx11cmx10cm and a 74cmx32cmx8cm ‘Budha’, (9th century A.D.). Among early Budhist literature, the ‘Arya Asthasahasrika prajnaparamite’, a manuscript written in Nilpatre with golden letters in Tibetan Uchhen script, dates back to the 13th century A.D.
Among antique coins in Nepal, the ‘punch marked coins’ (5-6 B.C.), the ‘Kushan coins’ (1st century A.D.) and the ‘Lichchavi coins’ (5th
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