Chandela
- rajput, bundelkhand
- subordinate of Gurjara Pratihara
- built Khajuraho Temple (UNESCO WHS)
Artform characteristic
- movement, vitality
- natural body postures
- diagonals, curves - sense of movement, life (tribhanga pose)
- facial expressions, emotions (rasa)
- celestial nymphs - broad hips, heavy breasts and languishing eyes, reflecting female beauty & fertility
- erotic imagery - essentiality of sexual procreation
- domestic life
- flora, fauna, lotus, elephant
- four goals of life in hinduism - dharma, artha, kama, moksha