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Ajaha caves, 1st-5th century
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Avalokitevara, Ajaha
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Stpa, Kanheri caves
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Bedsa caves
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J ogeshwari caves, 6th century
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Buddha attended upon by Bodhisattvas, Kuna, 2-3rd century or Gupta 6th century (?)
Bodhisattva, Gandhara, 3rd century Padmapi, Srnth, 6th century
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Gandhara reliquiary, 3rd-4th century
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Bodhisattva, Gandhara
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Vajrapi, Gupta, 6th century
Sihanda Lokevara, Tamil Nadu, about 9th century C.E.
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Tr, Tamil Nadu, about 9th century C.E.
Tr, Bihar, about 9th century C.E.
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Pandav Leni caves
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Ratnagiri, Orissa, flourished between 6th-12th centuries C.E.
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Udayagiri caves
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Ivory Bodhisattva, Kmr, 8th century
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Descent from Tuita, 8th century Kmr, ivory
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Tr, votive seal, Bengal 9
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Tr, Eastern India, 12th century
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kyamuni Buddha, Bodh Gaya, 11th-12th century
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Bronze lotus with Buddha, Eastern India, 12th century
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Aashasrik from Nlanda Monastery, 8th-12th century
Detail: the Birth of Siddhrtha
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Detail: Prajpramit
Detail:Mra tries to bother Buddha kyamuni
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Detail: the First Sermon, the First Dharmacakrapravartana
Detail: Bodhisattva Majur
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Detail: the miracle at rvast
Detail: Descent from the Tryastria
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Detail: Bodhisattva Avalokitevara
Detail: Taming the elephant
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Detail: offering of honey
Detail: Tr
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Detail: Mahparinirva
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Aashasrik Prajpramit, 12th century Bihar or Bengal
Detail:Bodhosattva Vajrapi
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Detail: Prajpramit
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Detail: Red Tr
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Detail: Dharmapla (Protector)
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Vajrapi, Bihar, 10th century
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Vajrasattva, Eastern India, 10th century
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Akobhya Buddha, Kurkihar, 9th century Below:: Majur, Pla, 12th century
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Above: Maitreya, Pla, 12th century Below: Votive stupa, Pla, 11th century
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Detail: Prajpramit Detail: Bodhisattva
Detail: Buddha in Bhsparamudr
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Majurr, North India, 12th century kyamuni Buddha, 13th century
kyamuni Buddha, North India
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Folio from a Prajpramit manuscript, West Bengal or Bangladesh, about 12th centuryC.E.
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Avalokitevara, Bengal or Bihar, about 12th century
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Bodhisattva Majur, Khmr, about 9th century
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Crowned Buddha, Kmr or Northern Pakistan, dated by inscription 714
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The Buddha and attendant Bodhisattvas, Bihar, 10th
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Majurnmasagti, North India, 11th century
Sihanda Lokevara, North India
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Nlanda University
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Lamayuru, Ladakh, about 11th century
Zanskar, J anmu and Kashmir
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Lahul, Himchal Pradesh
Himchal Pradesh
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Avalokitevara, 7th
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