Source: – Subhash Kak / Twitter.
Figure of Gaṇeśa on a wooden board from Endere, Xinjiang (c. 5th century CE). Krishna and Shiva representations have also been found.
This was the period when Prakrits were the dominant languages of Xinjiang (quite the same way as in India). pic.twitter.com/KJTjzRfMMK
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) August 22, 2018
Śiva-Maheśvara also from Khotan (c. 5th century CE).
Indeed Maheśvara was worshiped by different ethnic groups in lands ranging from Sogdia (Samarkand-Bukhara) all the way to Korea (more on this later). pic.twitter.com/GvlagTKbbZ
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) August 23, 2018
Śiva-Maheśvara (c. 5th century CE) from Yungang Grotto in Xinjiang sitting atop Nandi.
Look at him holding grapes. Beautiful! pic.twitter.com/AqjDHhoaU0
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) August 24, 2018
Forgotten history of Hinduism:
Śiva-Maheśvara together with his sons Skanda and Ganeśa in the second register and guardian kings in third register in Dunhuang Cave 285, Xinjiang (5th century CE) pic.twitter.com/pAqMs1SBQM
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) August 24, 2018
