Buddhist Art in India. CHAPTER 6 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.

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Buddhist Art in India

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Buddhist Art in India

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CHAPTER 6

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

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INDUS RIVER VALLEY

GANGES RIVER VALLEY

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Priest-king, Mohenjo-daro (& Harappa)

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No surviving temples/palaces

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Buddhist Artin India

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Lion capital, Sarnath, India

Buddhism spreads by AshokaColumns align with Axis of the UniverseChakra (Wheel of Law)

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Great Stupa, SanchiReliquary (remains)

Circumambulation (clockwise) Yasti & Chatras (unite world/paradise)

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Yakshi at the ToranaYakshi c.a.

200 a.d.

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Chaitya Hall

plan and sectionApse houses small stupa

Ambulatory

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Prince Siddhartha

Compare

1. BIRTH @ LUMBINI

2. ENLIGHTENMENTUNDER BODHI TREE

3. 1ST SERMON, SARNATH

4. PARINIRVANA

Gandhara Buddha

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Meditating Buddha

MUDRA?

HaloUshnisha: bump

Urna: dot or curl of hair

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Buddha seated on lion throne

Almost transparentrobes

Bodhi Tree

Mudra?Dharma Wheel

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Classical (canon) Seated Buddha,

Preaching 1st Sermon, Sarnath

-Perfect bodily form-Emphasizes spirituality-MeditationMudra?* Replaces stupa as the normDeer & Wheel

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Bodhisattva Padmapani, Ajanta caves

-Indian painting rare-delicate, sensuous-compassion