The culture and history of Assam has been engraved on the temple walls. Ancient Assam was rule by several kingdoms that included the Varmanas, Salstambhas and Kamarupa-Palas. The Ahom and Koch dynasties followed later. Each of these kingdoms has left behind their artistic wizardry that have been immortalised in the form temple sculpture in Assam. However not many of these temples could survive the ravages of time. But certain images have been excavated from different parts of Assam which speak volumes about the ancient sculpture architecture of this Northeast Indian state.



The temple sculpture of Assam essentially follows the Nagara style of architecture. Both stone and bricks have been used to construct the Assam temples. Ornamental foliage and features of Gupta sculpture are also apparent in the temple sculpture of Assam. The Indian sculptors had drawn heavily from Hindu mythology to create beautiful engravings on the temple walls.



To find out more on the temple sculpture of Assam one may explore the carvings on the following shrines:

Sculpture of Ashvakranta Temple	Sculpture of Dah Parbatiya Temple, Tezpur	Sculpture of Vasisthasrama, Guwahati
Sculpture of Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati	Sculpture of Sukresvara Temple, Guwahati	Sculpture of Ugratara Temple, Guwahati
Sculpture of Tamresvari Temple, North Lakimpur	Sculpture of Maha Bhairavi Temple, Tezpur	Sculpture of Negriting Temple, Sibsagar
Sculpture of Madan Kamadeva, Guwahati	Sculpture of Navagraha Temple, Guwahati	Sculpture of Hayagriva Temple, Guwahati
Sculpture of Hatimura Temple, Nagaon	Sculpture of Umananda Temple, Guwahati