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Site Name: Nalanda

Date: ca 500-599 CE

Subject: Staircase wall, lower row, Buddha standing in niche

Site Name: Nalanda

Date: ca 500-599 CE

Subject: Northeast corner tower, votive stupa on north, Buddha seated

Site Name: Nalanda

Date: ca 500-599 CE

Subject: Staircase wall & northeast tower, Buddha standing in niche

Site Name: Nalanda

Date: ca 500-599 CE

Subject: Northeast corner tower, north wall, Buddha standing in niche

Site Name: Nalanda

Date: ca 500-599 CE

Subject: Northeast corner tower, north wall, Buddha seated

Site Name: Nalanda

Date: ca 500-599 CE

Subject: Northeast corner tower, north wall, Buddha seated in niche

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 100-1 BCE

Subject: Railing Pillar originally enclosing the Mahabodhi temple precinct, detail showing gift of the Jetavana. Figures place objects that represent exaggerated coins on the ground to represent the gift of Jetavana, a park on the outskirts of Shravasti that was given to the Buddha and his followers.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 100-1 BCE

Subject: Railing Pillar originally enclosing the Mahabodhi temple precinct. God Indra disguised as a gardener bringing the Buddha a sheaf of grass as he sat in meditation at Bodhgaya.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 100-1 BCE

Subject: Railing Pillar originally enclosing the Mahabodhi temple precinct, detail of God Indra disguised as a gardener bringing the Buddha a sheaf of grass as he sat in meditation at Bodhgaya.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Buddha: Mara Attack. The Buddha is shown in bhumisparsa mudra, meaning 'touching the earth' to symbolise the moment when Buddha called the earth goddess to bear witness to the event of his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Buddha, standing in a niche on the left of the main entrance. Buddha has his hand extended downward in boon bestowing gesture, varadamudra.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: 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.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

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.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 700-799 CE

Subject: Buddha standing in a niche to the right of the entrance to the Mahabodhi Temple. Buddha has his hand raised in the gesture of reassurance, abhaymudra.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 700-799 CE

Subject: Buddha standing in a niche to the right of the entrance to the Mahabodhi Temple. Buddha has his hand raised in the gesture of reassurance, abhaymudra.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 700-799 CE

Subject: Buddha standing in a niche to the right of the entrance to the Mahabodhi Temple. Buddha has his hand raised in the gesture of reassurance, abhaymudra.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Seated Buddha in the sanctum of Mahabodhi Temple, detail.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Image of Buddha in the sanctum of the temple

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Image of Buddha in the sanctum of the temple

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Seated Buddha in the sanctum of Mahabodhi Temple, detail.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1957

Subject: Image of Lord Buddha in the sanctum of the monastery

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Seated Buddha in the sanctum of Mahabodhi Temple. Right hand of the image is touching in bhumiparsa mudra to indicate his determination to overcome the forces of Mara, who sought to block his quest for enlightenment.

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