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Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK podcaster& Jaipur Literature Festival co-director; Mehrauli goatherd & kabooter baz. Writes the occasional book

Oct 8, 2021, 5 tweets

Masterpieces from Hadda

6thC Gandharan Jallalabad brought to life in Buddhist terracottas and sculptures showing Indian, Greek, Roman and Chinese influence.

Excavated by DAFA in the 30's; now in the Guimet.

Simply exquisite terracottas

A lost world brilliantly captured in clay 1400 years ago

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