South Asian Art in the Fralin Museum

 

Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript: Mahavira in the Pushpottara Heaven (ca. 1465, Uttar Pradesh)
Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript: Mahavira in the Pushpottara Heaven, ca. 1465 (Uttar Pradesh) [Opaque color and gold on paper, 4 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.]

 

The University of Virginia's Fralin Museum has been collecting Indian art for decades, and includes in particular a large collection of Indian painting.  

 

For a link to highlights of the South Asian Art Collection, please see here: http://collection.museum.virginia.edu/prt457

Fragment of Relief Sculpture 2nd century - 3rd century Unknown Gandharan Artist Asia, Pakistan, Swat Valley Gray schist, 4 11/16 x 11 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. Gift of Edward C. Ingraham, 1983.69.5
Fragment of Relief Sculpture 2nd century - 3rd century
Unknown Gandharan Artist
Swat Valley (Pakistan) [Gray schist, 4 11/16 x 11 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.] Gift of Edward C. Ingraham, 1983.69.5