Early Buddhist Art II:
Rock-Cut Architecture and the Buddha Image
- Rock-Cut Sanctuaries in the Barabar Hills
- Lomas Rishi, Maurya period, probably reign of Ashoka
Sudama, Maurya period, probably reign of Ashoka
- Buddhist Rock-Cut Sanctuaries in the Deccan
- Bhaja, 2nd century BCE, Shunga period
chaitya hall
vihara
Surya and Indra reliefs
Karle (or Karli), 1st-2nd century CE, Andhra period
chaitya hall
mithuna couples
- The Buddha Image
Kushan dynasty, 1st – 3rd centuries CE; Kanishka, 78, 128, 144
- Buddhas from Gandhara
Buddhas from Mathura
"Friar Bala" Buddha/Bodhisattva from Mathura
Katra Mound Buddha/Bodhisattva from Mathura
- Words/Issues: chaitya, vihara, mithuna couples, vajra, urna, ushnisha, abhaya mudra - gesture of reassurance; dhyana mudra - gesture of meditation; dharmachakra mudra - gesture of teaching and preaching; bodhisattva
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