Makara
c. 300 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
- Hindu
Sea creature with the body of a fish and the head of an elephant or crocodile, mount of the river goddess Ganga and carved on the gateway of nearly every Hindu and Buddhist temple in Asia.
Known for
- mount of Ganga
- temple gateway guardian
- crocodile-elephant hybrid
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.