Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Lopburi

Date: ca 1200-1250 CE

Subject: Naga-protected Buddha (Buddha Mucalinda)

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 1931

Subject: Image of Buddha in the sanctum of the temple

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Date: ca 1400-1499 CE

Subject: Imitating 11th c. votive tablet from India with Buddha at the Moment of Victory at the Temple at Bodhgaya, Votive Plaque

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1988

Subject: Image of Buddha flanked by Bodhisattvas in the sanctum of the temple

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: 99-1 BCE

Subject: North face, east pillar, Buddha ascending aerial promenade

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Date: ca 1500-1699 CE

Subject: Amitayus (mount cropped); Amitayus is the Buddha of Boundless Life. He holds a vessel filled with the nectar of immortality (amrita) [Amitayus]

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 600-699 CE

Subject: View of the shrine. This place is thought to be where Lord Buddha spent the second week after attaining enlightenment. It was formerly known as the Tara Temple. Buddha sat here without blinking (animeshalochana) gazing constantly at the Bodhi tree.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 113 CE

Subject: Umbrella. The umbrella originally was supported by a shaft bearing an inscription declaring the bodhisattva image (Museum No. 356) and umbrella to be the gift of the monk Bala in the third year of Kanishka’s reign. The image was given in Varanasi, where the Buddha walked. The image of bodhisattva was originally protected by this stone umbrella, which was found broken into ten pieces. Eight of these have been joined together with copper dowels while the other two are more damaged. The umbrella is adorned with concentric circular bands of decoration.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: After 1867

Subject: View of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha contemplated for the first week after his enlightenment. Beneath the tree, is a platform described as the Diamond Throne or Vajrasana, demarcating the site of Buddha's enlightenment. The throne is covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a canopy.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

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Subject: This is a platform immediately north of the temple, that has Pala period sculptures shaded by a large tree. Among them is an image of Shiva-Parvati, Ganesha and Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvata. This platform was asserted by Cunningham to be the spot described by Xuanzang as the place where Lord Buddha gazed constantly or animeshalochana at the Bodhi Tree.

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Date: 1170-1189 CE

Subject: Left portion, Torso of Avalokitesvara [Amitayus, the Buddha of Eternal Life]

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Date: ca 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Left portion, Buddha and Bodhisattvas; Tara with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Site Name: Amaravati

Date: ca 199-100 BCE; later additions: ca 1-399 CE

Subject: The Jetavana Vihara in Sravasti, the site where Buddha lived for 25 years on land donated for a monastery by Prince Jeta.; Scene with City Structures, Stupa Relief

Site Name: Bodhgaya

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Subject: View of the stupa. The mound was first excavated in 1973-4. Only the lower portion the stupa survives. There are projections (ayakas) facing the cardinal directions. The stupa is dedicated to Sujata, who is said to have presented the Buddha with rice milk, who broke his fast just prior to his meditation leading to enlightenment.