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Bharhut Plaque Depicting Pilgrims visiting a Stupa (Freer Galler, Smithsonian)
Bharhut Plaque 2, Depicting Visit to Sacred Buddhist Site (Freer Galler, Smithsonian)
Bharhut Stupa Elephants Carrying Buddhas Relics
Amaravati or Bharhut Stupa Panel
Bharhut Panel Depicting Buddhist Carving Of A Cave
Railing Pillar, Likely from Bharhut
Panel Panorama with Apparent Scenes from Buddhas Life
Gandharan Panel of Buddha with Kalika
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Submission Of Naga King Apalala
Buddha Receiving Grass From Grass Cutter
Palace the Night Before the Great Departure
Great Departure? (Thanissaro Bhikkhu has commented this may depict an earlier departure of the Buddha from the palace, such as when he saw the 4 sights)
Buddha Converts Ascetic Uruvela Kassapa
Buddha Calling On Earth Deva To Witness
Buddha Uttering Dhammacakkapavatana Sutta
Buddha Requested by Devas to Teach
Division and Transport Of the Buddhas Relics
Devas Offering Of Bowls To the Buddha
Gandaharan Portrayal of Miracle of Savatthi
Gandharan depiction of Ananda Frightened In Vultures Peak Cave
Gandharan 3rd Century head of the Buddha (Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian)
Early Gandaharan Meditating Buddha
Detailed Gandharan Partial Stucco Buddha Statue
Gandharan Buddha Statue in Stucco with Gentle Mien
Gandharan Sitting Buddha (Kushana, 2nd Century CE)
Escape of Nanda into the Ordained Life
Buddha In Abhaya (Protection-Giving) Pose
Gandharan 3rd Century head of the Buddha (Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian)
Gandharan Plaque of the Buddha's Birth (Freer Gallery, Smithsonian)
Ganharan Plaque of Buddha's Awakening (Freer Gallery, Smithsonian)
Gandharan Plaque of Dhammacakka (Freer Gallery, Smithsonian)
Gandharan Plaque of Mahaparinibbana (Freer Gallery, Smithsonian)
Later Gandharan Devotee Couple
Gandharan panel of Buddha, Worshippers and the Bodhi Tree
Late Gandharan Stucco portrayal of Buddha (or possibly of a Bodhisattva) Gandharan Maitreya Statue (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) External resources on Gandharan Art San Francisco's Asian Art Museum Wikipedia Entry on Greco-Buddhist art Adoration Of Stupa Panel From Nagarjunakonda Panel: Asitas Prediction Amaravati or Nagarjunakonda Nagarjunakonda Stupa Panel of Buddhas Life Scenes Slab from Nagarjunakonda Stupa (3rd-4th Century CE) Nagarjunakonda Panel: Buddhas Life&Jataka Scenes Amaravati, Panel showing the Buddha Preaching (Symbolic) Amaravati Panel Buddha In Preaching Attitude Amaravati Stupa Dome Slab (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 1st Century BCE Railing Cross Bar With Bodhi Tree Structure (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 1st Century Tympanum from Monastery (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 3rd Century Stupa Slab (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Slab from Wall of 2nd Century AD Stupa (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Slab from Wall of 2nd Century AD Stupa (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Kushan Buddha Head (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Kushan Buddha Statue (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Early Cave Carving: Interior of Ajanta Cave 9 (1st Century BC) Primary Chaityagriha at Bhaja Caves in India Entryway to Primary Chaityagrha at Karla Caves Main Chaityagrha in Karla Caves -- this is apparently the biggest stone-carved Buddhist Chaityagrha in India. It includes rafters over 2000 years old and intact wooden umbrella above the Stupa Extensive Maha Parinibbana Carving in Ajanta Cave Ajanta Cave 4 Statues, Carvings and Paintings 10th to 11th Century Sculpture of MahaBodhi Temple (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Java 8th Century Head of the Buddha (Sackler Gallery) Matha Kaur Shrine in Kusinara (Kushinagar) Modern Bas-Relief Depiction of Buddha's Life at Maha-Bodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya) 10th to 11th Century Sculpture of MahaBodhi Temple (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Bharhut Plaque 2, Depicting Visit to Sacred Buddhist Site (Freer Galler, Smithsonian) Bharhut Plaque Depicting Pilgrims visiting a Stupa (Freer Galler, Smithsonian) Stupa Of Pauni Railing Pillar possibly showing the 4 most important sites Probable Bharhut Image Showing Peaked Structure (note similarity to the structure depicted in Bharhut Plaque 2, Depicting Visit to Sacred Buddhist Site (Freer Galler, Smithsonian), as well as to this image from the Bharhut Stupa, which appears to depict Bodh Gaya Depiction of Jetavana from Bharhut (courtesy of Photodharma) Depiction of Bodhi Tree (Bodh Gaya?) from Bharhut (courtesy of Photodharma) Depiction of Dhammacakka (Sarnath, Isipatana?) from Bharhut (courtesy of Photodharma); note many peaks on pavilion, as in Probable Bharhut Image Showing Peaked Structure Depiction of a Tree and Possible Stupa from Bharhut (courtesy of Photodharma) Please consider signing the petition to Afghani President Hamid Karzai to stop the imminent destruction of the ancient Buddhist monastic site of Mes Aynak in Afghanistan, and its priceless cultural and historic treasures. Visitors here may also be interested in my 3D panoramas from Indian Buddhist sitesNagarjunakonda
Amaravati
Other Early Art
Post-Gandharan Art from Mirpur Khas (Sindh, Pakistan)
Buddhist Cave Art
Miscellaneous
Possible Early Depictions of Particular Important Sites in the Life of the Buddha
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