Look at the Sculpture of Shiva on Page 325

question 47

Essay

Look at the sculpture of Shiva on page 325.How could Shiva be a god of fertility but also a destructive deity? How influential were the devotional cults during this period? What could the growing popularity of the Hindu devotional cults say about the rise of Islam?

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