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Mark Cartwright
by James Blake Wiener
published on 21 April 2016
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A terracotta head of Shiva. He has the matted hair of an ascetic and on his forehead is the third eye of wisdom. 400-500 CE, northern India. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

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Wiener, J. B. (2016, April 21). Shiva. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4982/shiva/

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Wiener, James Blake. "Shiva." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 21, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4982/shiva/.

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Wiener, James Blake. "Shiva." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 21 Apr 2016. Web. 27 Jul 2024.

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