Two of the most elaborate and well known of the Buddhist art are the "North Torana of the Great Stupa", and the "Lion Capital". The "North torana" is an entrance for the "Great stupa". Created during the early Andhra period this art work is of pure stone. The "Lion Capital" is from an Ashokan pill...

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The holes are later enlarged with stalks of grass until they are long enough to insert a plug that is usually made out of clay, wood, stone or metal. The women of Southern Chad and Sudan wear lip plates that cause the mouth to protrude in a way resembling the beaks of birds, such as the Spoonbill and Broodbill, which the people of Chad and Sudan worship as sacred. ...

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