File:India, Kashmir, early 8th Century - Surya, the Sun God - 1965.557 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Surya, the Sun God   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Surya, the Sun God
Object type sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q860861
Description
Surya wears a long tunic and boots suitable for riding horses across the grassland steppes of Central Asia. The sun god was of paramount power among the people of Central and Western Asia who followed religions such as Zoroastrianism, a pre-Islamic faith emphasizing a sacred duality between light and dark. When the image of the sun god began to be made in India from the 100s BC on, he is shown in the dress of the people who revered him the most. Surya is worshipped throughout the Indian subcontinent and Himalayan regions of Kashmir and Nepal alongside both Hindu and Buddhist deities.
Date early 8th century
date QS:P571,+750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727
Medium Brass
Dimensions Overall: 50.4 cm (19 13/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession number
1965.557
Place of creation India, Kashmir, early 8th Century
Credit line Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.557

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