Egypt and Asia
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Ra with solar disc, before 1235 BC
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The Kushan Kanishka casket of 127, with Brahma, the Buddha and Indra.
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Northern Wei Buddhist bronze, 524, with two-ringed halo within a flaming mandorla
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Chola Nataraja with an aureole of flames, 11th century
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Hindu figure, 11th century
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modern murti of Vishnu, with halo created by lighting
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The Mughal emperor Jahangir often had himself depicted with a halo of unprecedented size. ca. 1620
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A multi-limbed Tibetan deity surrounded by an aureole of fire and smoke, 19th century. (Thangka of the Hayagriva)
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