Hephthalite Statues of Horsemen
The Hephthalites invaded and ruled far Northern India in the 5th-7th centuries. These statues may not be in proportion, but have some interesting features:
Hephthalite Statues of Horsemen, Gool, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India, 5th-7th centuries
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Hephthalite Statues of Horsemen, Gool, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India, 5th-7th centuries
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Interesting. They remind me of some Mesoamerican statues, perhaps because of their square and cylindrical shape. Except none of the Mesoamerica statues had horses in them, of course.
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Nice picture!
Didn't Belisarius employ some of them in his army? Or am I getting my Huns mixed up?
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Interesting. They remind me of some Mesoamerican statues, perhaps because of their square and cylindrical shape. .
That thought crossed my mind as well.
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No Belisarius did not employ Hepthaltites, nor were they Huns proper. The Hepthaltites probably came from the Hua, a vassal people of the Rouran. The Kidarites were Huns proper.
Also these are 15th-17th century statues. Still interesting, but not Hepthaltite.
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Also these are 15th-17th century statues. Still interesting, but not Hepthaltite.
Who has dated them to the 15th-17th century?
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Easter island heads exhibit "tall" heads and a facial structure similar outlandish to the region. I have read on multiple occasions that indo europeans managed to get to Easter Island, South America and New Zealand.
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Druzhina, some of my friends who do Central Asian history/Reenactment mentioned it. Namely Sassanid Reenactor Nadeem Ahmad.
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Druzhina, some of my friends who do Central Asian history/Reenactment mentioned it. Namely Sassanid Reenactor Nadeem Ahmad.
Thanks Magister Militum Flavius Aetius.
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I have found some more illustrations of these carvings:
Left view of a horsemen statue, Gool, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Relief of horsemen, Gool, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
and from a neigbouring location:
Horsemen statue, Jamsalan, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Left view of a horsemen statue, Gool, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Relief of horsemen, Gool, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Horsemen statue, Jamsalan, Jammu region, the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Druzhina345
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