An exquisitely carved pillared hall of Hampi 

The inner hall of a temple in Hampi 

The carved doorway at a temple in ruins at Sanchi 

The temple pavilion of Hampi 

The chariot of Hampi 

The archway has figures of the" famous three lions" of Asoka  

Another stone archway with ffinely preserved carvings 

Delicately carved stone archways of Sanchi stupas depicting Jataka tales 

The mosque at Bhopal 

The broken temple at Bhojpur 

The unfinished sshiva temple at Bhojpur 

The temple is a part of the unfinished Shiva temple at Bhojpur near Bhopal . The temple . construction had begun in the 10 th century and remained in incomplete stage .The picture show a priest performing a puja before the shiva linga at dusk.

The sculptured archway of Sanchi stupa is a finest specimen of the Buddhist art.

The Buddha statue is found in the ruined Sanchi Buddhist vihara complex.

The figure of Buddha sitting in a lotus position( a yogic posture) is found in the Sanchi stupa .

The Sanchi stupa



The stupa at Sanchi 60 kms from Bhopal is part of the Buddhist Vihara the construction of which was started by the great Mauryan emperor Ashoka ,to which several new stupas were added later. The stupas together with the elaborately carved torans(gateways) constitute examples of the finest Buddhist art that has suvived the ravages of time.