A Triangular Hero-stone
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Stories the Hero-stones Tell
Lower panel of a hero-stone depicts the hero's fight with the enemy |
Detail from a Hero-stone
A memorial stone showing a furiously fighting hero, Madhya Pradesh |  |
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Hero with a Gun
Detail from a memorial in Pachmari |
A Wooden Memorial of Madhya Pradesh
A memorial with the hero's name and date of his death in Hindi |  |
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Boat Heroes - Memorials Erected for Brave Seamen
Panaji Museum in Goa |
Mahasati Stone
A memorial stone at Bhojpur, Central India |  |
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Heroes who die heroic death are sometimes immortalized as Garuda
Town of Siddapur, 1983 |
Top Strata of a Hero-stone from Sangeetapura
Also known as Haduvalli and Hadolli, this village has beautiful Jain sculptures |  |
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Sculpted Hero-stone
Fresh flowers indicate that the Hero-stone is still worshipped |
Details from a Hero-stone
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Depiction of a Battle
Detail of a panel from a hero-stone, Hadolli |
A Memorial for a Family Member
Notice the distinct Tulasi-like construction
The Village of Chaterpur, 1977 |  |
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Hero-stones are llustrated Sources of History
Notice that only two panels are visible. This is a buried hero-stone. The third panel depicting war is under the ground. |
A Hero-stone depicting a battle
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Jaina Nishidhi Stone
Apprx. 11th century, Sravanabelagola |
Nishidhi Stone of Machikabbe
A memorial shows Machikabbe, the royal mother-in-law observing Sallekhana (fasting unto death) |  |
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A Man Remembered
Detail from a tribal memorial, Village of Jamnujari, Madhya Pradesh |
Hero and Sati
A stone memorial remembers a hero died in battle and his wife who committed Sati with him. |  |
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Herostone from Maragallu
Vijayanagar Period, Kolar District |
