The period between the seventh century CE to the mid-sixteenth century, coinciding with the Middle Ages in Europe and characterised by the growth of independent kingdoms across regions. In South Asian history, the period is divided into the Early Medieval (c. 600–c. 1100 CE) and the Late Medieval (c. 1100 CE–c. 1500 CE).
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Abhinavagupta (c. tenth–eleventh century) was an ascetic, philosopher and aesthetician within the Kashmiri Shaivism tradition.
The period of human existence prior to the invention of writing systems, starting approximately 2.5 million years ago and ending…
Also called the Old Stone Age, this is the period of human history marked by the development and use of…
Sylvain Levi (b. 1863; d. 1935) was a French orientalist and indologist renowned for his work on Eastern religion, literature…
Established in 1915, it is a college for fine arts in the town of Mavelikkara, Kerala, India. It was founded…
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John Wilson (b. 1804; d. 1875) was a Scottish Christian missionary, educator and Orientalist who lived in the Bombay Presidency…
Kamala Dongerkery (b. 1909; d.1992) was an art and culture historian, social worker and author who worked on Indian embroidery,…