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Pashupatinath Temple
Eight faced Mandasor Shiva Linga
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Shiva, others
Location
Location	Mandsaur
State	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
Shown within IndiaShow map of IndiaPashupatinath Temple, Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh)Show map of Madhya Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	24°03′17″N 75°04′22.5″E / 24.05472°N 75.072917°E / 24.05472; 75.072917
Architecture
Completed	5th or 6th-century

Pashupatinath Temple at Mandsaur, also referred to as the Mandasor Shiva temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh India. It is a Pashupatinath tradition temple within Shaivism located on Shivna River, and is known for its eight faced Shiva Linga. The temple sculpture is dated to the 5th or 6th century based on inscriptions, with some referring to the site as Dasapura. It is near the Rajasthan border in the historic region of Malwa, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) from Indore, about 340 kilometres (210 mi) west of Udaigiri Caves and about 220 kilometres (140 mi) east of Shamalaji ancient sites, both a significant source of Gupta Empire era archaeological discoveries. The site has been important to dating and the architectural studies of some distant sites such as the Elephanta Caves.

The site's history is traceable to the 2nd-century CE when it was already a Hindu pilgrimage site. It is mentioned by the ancient Indian poet Kalidasa, who praises the women of Dasapura as "so practiced in their seductive movements". Ten inscriptions found in the area suggest the Mandasor site was an important cultural and religious center in the first half of the 1st millennium CE. Nine of these inscriptions are Sanskrit poems, most dated between 404 and 487 CE, and all include invocations to Hindu gods such as Vasudeva and Shiva in various forms. They mention kings of Gupta Empire era, as well as temples of Dasapura. Together with dozens of temples discovered at a number of sites in western Madhya Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan and northern Gujarat region, the Mandasor site with the Shiva Stele and the temple reflect what Stella Kramrisch called one of the "Western schools" of ancient and early medieval Indian art. James Harle concurs and includes the nearby Sondni and Kilchipura sites to the Western school along with regions farther west. According to Harle, the sculpture from the temple and other archaeological findings such as the Mandasor inscriptions – one of which he calls "the longest and certainly the most beautiful of the Gupta inscriptions" – reflect the "flavor of life at its best in Gupta times".

The inscriptions, state Harle and other scholars, suggest that the sculpture and temples of Mandasor were built with resources pooled by the common people, such as silk weavers of Dasapura (Mandasor) who had settled there from Gujarat. However, these inscriptions mention a Sun temple, a Vishnu temple and others. They do not mention the Pashupatinath temple. Excavations have yielded several brick temples of Shiva which have been dated to the 6th century, suggesting that Shiva was a prominent deity along with others in ancient Mandasor.

See also

• Telika Mandir

References

1. ^ Charles Dillard Collins (1988). The Iconography and Ritual of Siva at Elephanta. State University of New York Press. pp. 97–120. ISBN 978-0-7914-9953-5.
2. ^ Sara L. Schastok (1985). The Śāmalājī Sculptures and 6th Century Art in Western India. BRILL Academic. pp. 43–52. ISBN 90-04-06941-0.
3. ^ Joanna Williams (1973), The Sculpture of Mandasor, Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 26 (1972/1973), Duke University Press, pp. 50-66
4. Stella Kramrisch (1983). Exploring India's Sacred Art. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-0-8122-7856-9.
5. James C. Harle (1996). Gupta sculpture: Indian sculpture of the fourth to the sixth centuries A.D. Oxford University Press (Reprinted by Munshiram Manoharlal from 1976 edition). pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-8121506410.
6. ^ James C. Harle (1996). Gupta sculpture: Indian sculpture of the fourth to the sixth centuries A.D. Oxford University Press (Reprinted by Munshiram Manoharlal from 1976 edition). pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-8121506410.
7. ^ Sulochana Ayyar (1987). Costumes and Ornaments as Depicted in the Sculptures of Gwalior Museum. Mittal Publications. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-81-7099-002-4.

External links

• Media related to Sas Bahu Temple, Gwalior at Wikimedia Commons

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