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Stone Base from My Son E: Details
Keywords : Shiva, Linga, My Son
| Site common name | My Son E |
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| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Village | Danang Museum of Cham Sculpture |
| Province/City | Danang |
| State | Danang |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 16.059722 Long : 108.223056 |
| History of production | My Son E is the oldest group of Prasats in the My Son group. It might be in the same period with the beginning of the establishment of Phra Pattaresuan as the linga for Cham kingdom around 12-13 centuries BE. A stone base, assumed to be the base of the linga was found here at the My Son E. |
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| Art | There are niches on both sides of the linga base. These niches are very similar to “Kutu” or “Chandhasala” in Indian art. That is to say they are low arches decorated with dragons. However, a curving Naga pattern has been added into the Cham art, making the niches have both curving in and curving out pattern. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | My Son E1 |
| Age | 13 Century BE. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Sect | Shaivite |
| Religion and belief | The base of this linga is decorated with people playing musical instruments. This shows that people worship Shiva with music. It is also important to note that Chiva is the god of music and dancing as well. This is the reason why the base of linga is often decorated with people playing music. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-06-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
