Why label them: inscribed Rāmāyaṇa reliefs in early South Asia

Greaves, Laxshmi Rose ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4762-9055 2024. Why label them: inscribed Rāmāyaṇa reliefs in early South Asia. Textual Cultures: Texts, Contexts, Interpretation 17 (2) , pp. 62-105. 10.14434/tc.v17i2.40319

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Abstract

This article investigates the little understood practice of inscribing early Hindu temple reliefs with labels. A close reading is conducted of the iconography and formal qualities of a group of seventh-century terracotta panels from Palāsbāḍī (Bogura District, Bangladesh) depicting lively scenes from the epic Rāmāyaṇa, thus allowing us to identify the various purposes and uses of the labels attached to the imagery. The article concludes that the interplay of word and image acts to enhance both media.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Society for Textual Scholarship
ISSN:	1559-2936
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 June 2025
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2025 09:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170087

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