Shiva
c. 400 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent
- Hindu
Ascetic, destroyer and lord of the dance, who is at once the most withdrawn of the gods and the one most concerned with the body. Worshipped continuously for over two millennia.
Known for
- the cosmic dance
- destruction as renewal
- the third eye
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.