Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Goli

Date: ca 100-299 CE

Subject: Left portion, Buddha Maravijaya (Temptation by Mara); Lintel Fragment, Scenes from the Life of Buddha

Site Name: Nagarjunakonda (Nagarjunasagar)

Date: ca 1-299 CE

Subject: Left to right: Wandering Ascetics; Chakravartin Scene ; Lintel or Coping Stone with Relief Panels from the Life of the Buddha and Jatakas

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Date: ca 1025 CE

Subject: Left end: The Birth of Buddha [Prajnaparamita and Scenes from the Life of the Buddha]

Site Name: Ellora

Date: ca 600-650 CE

Subject: Cell south of garbhagrha, north wall, Buddha seated panels

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Date: ca 900-999 CE

Subject: Seated Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra from left

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Date: 1150-1225 CE

Subject: Center portion, Ratnasambhava [The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava]

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Date: 1648 CE

Subject: Lower half, Thanka with Bejeweled Buddha Preaching

Site Name: Ajanta

Date: 451-499 CE

Subject: Facade on left, Buddha shrine

Site Name: Patteeswaram

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Buddha seated: In South India, the Buddhist and Jain faiths were quite vital in the Chola period. Buddhist monasteries attracted donations of individual images of the Buddha and Buddhist deities. The early arrival of Buddhism in south India is evident from the ancient Buddhist monastic sites that dot Godavari and Krishna basins of the Andhra region as well as literary sources. However with the upsurge of Shaiva nayanmars and the Vaishnava alvars, the power of Buddhists greatly reduced. Buddhism received new impetus during the eleventh century partly because of the arrival of a colony of Buddhists from the kingdom of Shrivijaya in Indonesia. This is a seated figure of Buddha in dhyani-mudra (contemplation gesture). The robes cover only one shoulder.