# Amorous Couple (Mithuna)

- Date: 400s
- Medium: terracotta
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 38.5 x 37 cm (15 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Ahichchatra, Gupta period (c. 320-550)
- Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.133)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.133/1971.133_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Amorous couples were among the most prevalent imagery on the exterior of sacred sites in early India. Their life-affirming imagery was considered auspicious. This roundel would have been part of a brick structure, since terracotta was typically used in the ornamentation of brick temples, instead of stone.