The CSMVS Ancient World Project is an educational initiative endorsed by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and organized on the occasion of 75 years of Indian independence. It aims to amplify the learning of history in Indian schools and universities by providing experiences with original works of art as evidences of our shared history. CONTENTS: Foreword-Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, Introduction-Neil MacGregor, MESSAGES FROM THE PARTNER MUSEUMS-Dr Timothy Potts, The J Paul Getty Museum, Sir Mark Jones, The British Museum, Prof Dr Andreas Scholl, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, CURATORS; NOTE: Joyoti Roy, Nilanjana Som, Divya Pawathinal, Vaidehi Savnal, Renuka Muthuswami, THE ANCIENT WORLD: Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Assyria, Ancient Greece, The Roman Empire, OBJECTS IN CONVERSATION: A travelling motif The Lotus, Yajna Varaha and the cosmos, Rivers and the ancient world Happy and Ganga, The recurring lion motif A lion's head, from the Temple of Artemis, Controlling the oceans Triton and Varuna, Animal attributes in the divine Sekhmet and Narasimhi, The divine body Dionysos and Bodhisattva Maitreya, The feminine form Aphrodite and Yakshi, The balancing of opposites Zeus, Apollo, Dionysos, Divine kingship Reliefs from an Assyrian palace, Encoun tering the other Greeks fighting Amazons, from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, Dreams for the dead A child's sarcophagus from Rome, Narrating stories through images Greak vases, and stone reliefs from Gandhara, Connecting times Saura pitha, Bibliography, Acknowledgements.