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Early Buddhist Art in India and Southeast Asia

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Maurya (India)
Lion capital from Ashoka column. Sarnath, India. ca. 250 BCE.
Chauri bearer (Didarganj Yakshi). Didarganj, India. 3rd – 2nd century BCE.

Andhra (India)
The Great Stupa. Sanchi, India. ca. 250 BCE.
Yakshi(?)/Bracket of a Woman and Mango Tree. ca. 5025 BCE.
Great Departure of the Buddha. 5025 BCE.
Monkey jataka. 1st century BCE.

Kushan (India)
Seated Buddha with attendants. Mathura region, India. 82 CE.
Standing figure of Buddha. Gandhara region. 2nd3rd century CE.
Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya. Gandhara region. 3rd century CE.

Gupta (India)
Buddha Preaching the First Sermon. Sarnath, India. c. 475 CE.
Caves at Ajanta, India. 2nd1st century BCE and 56th century CE.
Cave 1: The “beautiful bodhisattva.” ca. 462500 CE.
Cave 19: Interior of chaitya hall. 462500 CE.

Indonesia
Great Stupa at Borobudur. Java, Indonesia. 8th9th century
King Uposadha distributing alms. mid8th century
72 Perforated Stupas

Myanmar
Pagan [Bagan] Temples, Burma. ca. 11th century.

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