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A page has been added that discusses Name Inscriptions on both painting and sculpture that have been either misidentified or added at a later time.

In Tibet and Nepal there were always four very famous and original Pagpa Lokeshvara sculpture. See the story of creation of the sculpture.

A page has been created for the Rato Macchendranath Pagpa Lokeshvara sculpture and paintings. The page has been linked to the other three famous Pagpa Lokeshvara sculpture.

The Seto Macchendranath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, has been added and linked to the other three famous Pagpa Lokeshvara sculpture.

A page for the Indian Adept (mahasiddha) Maitripa has been added and linked to the Mahasiddha Main Page.

Problems in Dating Nepalese Metal Sculpture: Three Images of Vishnu (corrected). "In the absence of many inscribed and dated Nepalese metal sculptures older than the late 15th century - the published corpus until very recently contained only six examples[1] - historians of Nepalese art have of necessity had to fall back on careful stylistic analysis as the only alternative open to them in their attempts to arrive at a reliable chronology of the development of Nepalese art." (Read more at www.asianart.com).

A page depicting the forms of Mahakala described in the Fifty Chapter Mahakala Tantra has been added and linked to the Mahakala Main Page.

The Drums in Himalayan Art Page has been updated.

A page for 11th century Tibetan sculpture, Monastic Period, Nepalese Schools has been added and linked to the Sculpture: Figurative Art Main Page.

A page depicting Magical Scripts has been added and linked to the Calligraphy and Poetry Page.

A page has been added to exhibit the Rare and Unusual Forms of Mahakala. Also see the Mahakala Main Page.

A page listing the Names of Mahakala along with variations has been added and linked to the Mahakala Main Page.

A page listing the Twelve Iconographic Forms of Mahakala has been added and linked to the Mahakala Main Page.

The Mahakala Main Page is at the beginning of a major upgrade with additional content, images and re-organization.

The Mahasiddha Virupa (Sculpture Masterworks) Page has been updated with additional images.

The Mahasiddha Virupa (Painting Masterworks) Page has been updated with additional images.

The Donkey-faced Chakrasamvara Page has been updated.

A Padampa Sanggye Masterworks Page, with both sculpture and painting, has been added to the Main Masterworks Page.

The Vasudhara Masterworks Page has been updated with additional images.

The God Indra Masterworks Page has been updated.