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Largest known Bronze Statue of the period of Chola Dynasty of Tamil Nadu - India

Extract from Yahoo India - News dated 20-1-2012

Nevada (US), Jan 9 (ANI): Prestigious Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently conducted an X-ray of its thousand-year-old monumental Shiva-Nataraja statue as a part of research and was surprised to know that it was cast in solid bronze.

Hollow sculptures have reportedly been a common practice in Europe since the Greek Antiquity. The museum discovered that even the aureole and the demon under Shiva's feet were also solid.

At 153 cm x 114.5 cm, this 300 kilograms Shiva statue is claimed to be the "largest known bronze statue from the Chola Dynasty kept in a museological collection outside of India" "This solid bronze Shiva is evidence of a high level of mastery of bronze casting", a Museum release says.

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Largest known Bronze Statue of the period of Chola Dynasty of Tamil Nadu - India

Extract from Yahoo India - News dated 20-1-2012

Nevada (US), Jan 9 (ANI): Prestigious Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently conducted an X-ray of its thousand-year-old monumental Shiva-Nataraja statue as a part of research and was surprised to know that it was cast in solid bronze.

Hollow sculptures have reportedly been a common practice in Europe since the Greek Antiquity. The museum discovered that even the aureole and the demon under Shiva's feet were also solid.

At 153 cm x 114.5 cm, this 300 kilograms Shiva statue is claimed to be the "largest known bronze statue from the Chola Dynasty kept in a museological collection outside of India" "This solid bronze Shiva is evidence of a high level of mastery of bronze casting", a Museum release says.

URL - http://in.news.yahoo.com/x-ray-rare-...122456298.html