THIS PICTURE IS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
KADARAM WAS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ANCIENT
KINGOMS OF SOUTH ASIA .
KADARAM WAS SITUATED IN REGION OF SOUTHERN THAILAND, AND NORTHERN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.
IT IS PRESENTLY KNOWN AS KEDAH. ITS HISTORY GOES BACK TO AROUND 2000 YEARS.
BEING SITUATED IN A STRATEGIC PLACE WHICH COMMANDED THE NORTHERN APPROACHES OF THE STRAITS
OF MALACCA, IT BECAME A CENTER OF POWER AND ECONOMY.
IT HAD VERY CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH MANY COUNTRIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
THE ABOVE VINAYAKA STATUE WAS FOUND IN THE SITE OF ANCIENT KADARAM.
THE STYLE IS JAVANESE. BUT NOT THE USUAL TYPICAL JAVANESE WHICH HAS TRAITS OF TANTRICISM. THIS ONE HAS MARKED SOUTH INDIAN TRAITS- NOTABLY TAMIL CHARACTERISTICS. PROBABLY BELONGS TO THE PERIOD OF THE MAJAPAHIT EMPIRE OF JAVA - i.e., AROUND 13 - 14TH CENTURIES.
IT IS A VERY UNIQUE ONE. AND AS SUCH, THIS VINAYAKA IS 'ONE OF A KIND' AND IS VERY RARE.
COMPARE THIS WITH THE 'KADARAM GANESA' FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING URL -
http://visvacomplex.com/kadaram_ganesa.html
AN EXPANDED WRITE-UP WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.
KADARAM WAS SITUATED IN REGION OF SOUTHERN THAILAND, AND NORTHERN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.
IT IS PRESENTLY KNOWN AS KEDAH. ITS HISTORY GOES BACK TO AROUND 2000 YEARS.
BEING SITUATED IN A STRATEGIC PLACE WHICH COMMANDED THE NORTHERN APPROACHES OF THE STRAITS
OF MALACCA, IT BECAME A CENTER OF POWER AND ECONOMY.
IT HAD VERY CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH MANY COUNTRIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
THE ABOVE VINAYAKA STATUE WAS FOUND IN THE SITE OF ANCIENT KADARAM.
THE STYLE IS JAVANESE. BUT NOT THE USUAL TYPICAL JAVANESE WHICH HAS TRAITS OF TANTRICISM. THIS ONE HAS MARKED SOUTH INDIAN TRAITS- NOTABLY TAMIL CHARACTERISTICS. PROBABLY BELONGS TO THE PERIOD OF THE MAJAPAHIT EMPIRE OF JAVA - i.e., AROUND 13 - 14TH CENTURIES.
IT IS A VERY UNIQUE ONE. AND AS SUCH, THIS VINAYAKA IS 'ONE OF A KIND' AND IS VERY RARE.
COMPARE THIS WITH THE 'KADARAM GANESA' FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING URL -
http://visvacomplex.com/kadaram_ganesa.html
AN EXPANDED WRITE-UP WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.
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