Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities in India date from the time of the Kushan empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.

在印度，许多已知最早的印度教神像都可以追溯到 Kushan 帝国时期，这些神像是用马图拉的斑点砂岩或 Gandharan 的灰色片岩建造的。

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The moment was captured by 70-year-old John Austin who spotted a crack in the red sandstone cliffs.

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Well into old age he could be spotted, in bright red parka and with frozen beard, lying full-length on the Antarctic sandstone to snap some tiny life-containing fissure in the rocks.

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