Figures of the Article

• General view of cave temples in the Barabar Hills, Gaya, Bihar, India(350 B.C.), painted by Colin Mackenzie(1814 A.D.)
• The facade of Lomas Rishi cave, Barabar Hills, India
• A closer view of the Makara on the left of the lintel, India
• Makara with fish tail first appeared in 2 century A.D., currently preserved in Mathura, Government Museum, India
• This Makara head with the trunk of an elephant and a lion seated in its wide-open mouth, now restored in Rijks Museum, Netherlands
• A copy from the "Nymph of the Luo River" volume attributed to Gu Kaizhi, in Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.), placed in Palace Museum, China
• Repoussé and chased gilded silver bowls with Makara and flower patterns
• A gold cup with Makara pattern from Tang Dynasty unearthed in Xi'an
• Map of the early Tang Dynasty
• Map of Liao to Northern Song Dynasty
• A Liao Dynasty Makara-shaped lifting handle teapot of Dingyao unearthed from Wulantao Haisumu, Balin Right Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
• Liao Dynasty Tri-colour Makara-shaped glazed pottery from Fanzhangzi Village, Yushu Forest Township, Ningcheng County, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
• Goldens earring in form of Makara, Liao Dynasty
• Pair of Makara earrings, Liao Dynasty
• Golden earrings in form of Makara, Liao Dynasty
• Liao Dynasty Makara-shaped gold earrings unearthed from the tomb of Horqin Left Back Banner of Turki Mountain, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Photo by Han X.H
• Detail of a bronze vessel with Arabic-character engravings on the inner rim and the Star of David at inner bottom unearthed from the tomb of Princess of state Chen in Naiman Banner, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia
• Top and front views of the Liao Dynasty bronze vessel with Arabic characters and the Star of David
• The manuscript of the Hebrew Bible
• The bronze bowl chased with the Star of David