RLGN 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bharhut, Stupa, Bodh Gaya
17 Oct 2017
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North east indian: regional home of buddhism. + badly damaged and just ruined --> no longer existing. + first established by ashoka in ~ 125 bce. + represents one of the earliest buddhist arts. + one of the pictures that god are flying around stupa is same to the one in burma. + offerings to stupa cannot be used for anything, just only for stupa not to know how to deal with a large amount of money offered sculpturing stupa in stones. + buddha was never depicted on an ancient carved stone it was prohibited (taboo) Bodhgaya: 9th century monument containing bodhi tree. + a tree was planted from a cutting of an original tree. + buddhists from all over the world have visited here. + little bit younger than bharhut (~ 50 yrs) + sanchi ii is one of the oldest stupas in india probably came earlier to the relief in.
