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Araniko

Nepalese artist and architect (c. 1245 – c. 1306)

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Also known as A-ni-go · Arniko · A-ni-ko · A-ni-ke · Anige · Balabahu

Born: 1244
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2019-06-03
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Died: 1306
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2019-06-03
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Birthplace: Kathmandu Valley
Place of death: Khanbaliq
Citizenship: Malla
Occupation: architect
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2019-06-03
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, painter
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2019-06-03
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, astronomer
Languages spoken, written or signed: Nepali

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Aniko, Anige or Araniko was one of the key figures in the arts of Nepal and the Yuan dynasty of China, and the artistic exchanges in these areas. He was born in Kathmandu Valley during the reign of Abhaya Malla. He is known for building the White Stupa at the Miaoying Temple in Beijing. During the reign of Jayabhimadeva, he was sent on a project to build the Golden Stupa in Tibet, where he also initiated into monkhood. From Tibet, he was sent further to northern China to work in the court of the emperor Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty, where he brought the trans-Himalayan artistic tradition to China. Araniko led a team of 80 artists to Inner China and Tibet to make a number of pagoda-style structures. In his later life, he renounced monkhood and started a family.

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Araniko Highwayroad in Nepal

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2024-02-09
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Commons Creator page: Araniko
Name in native language: अरनिको
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Has works in the collection: National Palace Museum

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