Pratihara style of architecture
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1st Aug, 2020
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- The stolen late ninth century stone statue of Lord Shiva will returned to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
- The stone Nataraj/Natesha murti, in “chatura pose with jatamakuta and trinetra” and almost four-feet-tall, is a rare depiction of Lord Shiva in the Prathihara style.
- It is a rare sandstone idol.
- It is originally from the Ghateswara Temple at Baroli, Rajasthan.
- The Gurjara-Pratiharas, also known as the Pratihara Empire, ruled much of Northern India from the mid-7th to the 11th century.
- They were instrumental in containing Arab armies moving east of the Indus River.
- Nagabhata I defeated the Arab army under Junaid and Tamin during the Caliphate campaigns in India.
- The greatest development of their style of temple building was at Khajuraho, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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