Araniko

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Araniko was a renowned 13th-century Nepalese architect and artist best known for introducing Newar-style Buddhist architecture to the Yuan dynasty in China.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Araniko canonical 2
Anige 1
Aranika 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist
architect
artist
painter
person
activeInCentury 13th century
alsoKnownAs Anige
linked to: Araniko

Aniko
Aranika
linked to: Araniko
artStyle Newar style
linked to: Newar architecture

Tibeto-Chinese Buddhist style
countryOfOrigin Nepal
culture Newar culture
era Yuan dynasty
ethnicity Newar
fieldOfWork architecture
painting
sculpture
honorificTitle Duke of Liang
influenced Chinese Buddhist architecture
Yuan dynasty religious architecture
knownFor Newar-style Buddhist art
introducing Newar-style Buddhist architecture to the Yuan dynasty in China
stupa and pagoda design
languageContext Nepali
Newar language
movement Newar Buddhist art
nationality Nepalese
notableFor fusion of Newar and Chinese artistic traditions
notableWork White Stupa of Miaoying Temple, Beijing
linked to: Miaoying Temple
occupation court artist
imperial architect
patron Kublai Khan
placeOfBirth Nepal
regionOfActivity East Asia
Himalayan region
religion Buddhism
timePeriod medieval period
workedFor Yuan dynasty
workedIn China
Tibet

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Araniko Highway namedAfter Araniko
Araniko alsoKnownAs Anige
linked to: Araniko
Araniko alsoKnownAs Aranika
linked to: Araniko