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Column/Pillar, Lauriya, Mauryan period,
third century BCE, 30 feet high, Ashokan pillar at Vaishali, site of the Buddha’s last sermon,
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Lion Capital from a Column, Sarnath, India, Mauryan period, 3rd century BCE, sandstone
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Lion Capital from a Column, Sarnath, India, Mauryan period, 3rd century BCE, sandstone
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Yakshi chanda, detail from east gate of Bharhut Stupa, India, 2nd century BCE, purple sandstone
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Yakshi chanda, detail from east gate of Bharhut Stupa, India, 2nd century BCE, purple sandstone
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| Siddartha's Great Departure, detail from crossbar on east gate, Great Stupa, Sanchi, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE |
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| Scenes from the life of Shakyamuni, Stupa Casing, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2nd century CE |
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| A Buddha, presumable Shakyamuni, in an abhaya mudra (have no fear), Gandhara, Takht-I-Bahi, Pakistan, 3rd century, schist stone |
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| A bodhisattva, possibly Shakyamuni or Avalokiteshvara?, Pakistan, 3rd to 4th century, schist stone |
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| Siddartha as an ascetic, Gandhara, Pakistan, 3rd to 4th century, schist stone |
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| Sarnath Buddha, Uttar Pradesh, India, Gupta Period, 5th century |
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| The interior of Cave 19 at Ajanta, Maharashtra Province, India, late 5th century |
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| Siddartha's life as King Janaka, detail from Cave 1, Ajanta, India, late fifth century, dry fresco |
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| A buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 6th to early 7th century, located on Silk Road, detroyed by Taliban in 2001 to destroy idolatry prevented in Islam |
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| Bodhisattva Maitreya with attendants, detail from painting over doorway, Cave 224, Kizil, Kucha area, Xinjiang provine, China, 5th to 6th century |
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| Cave 254 at Mogao, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China, late 5th century, N. Wei period |
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| Siddartha's life as King Sibi (Sibi jataka), Cave 254, Mogao, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China, late fifth century CE |
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| Colossal Buddha, Cave 20, Yungang, Pingcheng, Shanxi Province, China, 5th century, over 40 feet tall, looking South over lands N. Wei haven't conquered |
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| Buddha with Attendants, Binyang Chapel, Longmen Caves, Luoyang, China, Northen Wei, 6th century, 20 feet tall |
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| Buddha Maitreya, Hebei Province, China, N. Wei period, gilt bronze, 30" high, commissioned on behalf of deceased son of Kaizhi, hope that son will be united in Tushita heaven |
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| Buddha Amitabha, Zhaozhou, Hebei Provinve, China, 6th century (Sui dynasty), lost wax cast bronze with inscription |
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| Buddha Vairocana, Cave 1280, Longmen, Luoyang, Tang Dynasty, 7th century, limestone, seen as representation of idealized form |
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| The guardian Vaishravana (identified by pagoda) and an entry guardian, Cave 1280, Longmen, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century |
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| A Pensive Bodhisattva, probably Maitreya, Korea, Silla during 3 Kingdoms period, early 7th century, gilt-bronze |
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| Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with Eleven heads, back wall, Sokkuram, Korea, United Silla, 8th century |
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Elevation of Sokkuram, Korea, United Silla Period, 8th century
man-made, Stupa-like exterior, cave-like interior, Buddha faces eastern sea, on mythological burial site of original unifier of Korea |
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| Seated Buddha at Sokkuram, Korea, Unified Silla, 8th century, granite |
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| Horyuji (Monastery of Fluorishing law), Nara, Japan, Asuka period, wooden buildings |
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| Tamamushi Shrine, Horyuji treasure house, 7th century, cypress and camphor wood, with lacquer |
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| Sutra of the Kings of Golden Light, Japan, Nara period, 8th century, written in gold ink of indigo paper |
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| Ganjin, Toshodai-ji, Nara period, Japan, 8th century, dry lacquer with paint |
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| Womb World Mandala, early Heian period, Japan, 9th century, hanging scroll, color on silk |
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| Borobudur, central Java, Indonesia, 9th century, Sailendra dynasty |
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| Bayon Temple, Cambodia, under patronage of Javayarman VII, 12th-13th century |
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| Buddha Shakyamuni, Thailand, Sukothai period, 14th century, bronze |
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