Image List 2:
1. Map of Asia: The Spread of Buddhism
Note sites discussed in class
Sites and materials from India:
2. Sanchi
Great Stupa
Plan and elevation
Shunga and early Andhra periods (185 BCE-3rd c. CE)
2nd c. BCE-1st c. CE
3. Sanchi
Great Stupa � view from south
Shunga and early Andhra periods (185 BCE-3rd c. CE)
2nd c. BCE-1st c. CE
stone, rubble, brick
-note torana (gate)
4. Yakshi figure at Sanchi
Great Stupa � East Torana (gate) - detail
Andhra period (c. 70 BCE-3rd c. CE)
10-30 CE
stone
5. Yaksha figure at Sanchi
Great Stupa � North Torana (gate) - detail
Andhra period (c. 70 BCE-3rd c. CE)
10-30 CE
stone
6. Karle
Great Chaitya Hall
Plan and section
Andhra period (c. 70 BCE-3rd c. CE)
7. Karle
Great Chaitya Hall � interior view
Andhra period (c. 70 BCE-3rd c. CE)
2nd c. CE
rock-cut chamber
-note stupa, pillars, construction method
8. The Assault of Mara and Shakyamuni�s enlightenment
Kushan period (late 1st c. CE-3rd c. CE)
Gandharan style
2nd-3rd century CE
gray schist
9. Seated Buddha (Shakyamuni)
Kushan period (late 1st c. CE-3rd c. CE)
Gandharan style
3rd century CE
gray schist
10. Seated Buddha (Shakyamuni)
Kushan period (late 1st c. CE-3rd c. CE)
Mathuran style
2nd-3rd century CE
red sandstone
11. Buddha (Shakyamuni) preaching the First Sermon at the Deer Park
Gupta period (320-647 CE)
5th century CE
chunar sandstone
12. Ajanta
Cave 19: Chaitya Hall (exterior view)
Gupta period (320-647 CE)
late 5th century CE
rock-cut chamber
13. Ajanta
Cave 19: Chaitya Hall (interior view)
Gupta period (320-647 CE)
late 5th century CE
rock-cut chamber
14. Ajanta
Cave 1: detail of mural painting: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Gupta period (320-647 CE)
late 5th century CE
rock-cut chamber
Site in modern Afghanistan:
15. Bamiyan
Colossal Buddha
4th-5th century CE
rock-cut chamber with relief sculpture
Sites and materials in China:
16. Dunhuang
Cave 249: interior
Northern Wei dynasty (386-535)
Sculpture (some modern reconstruction) and period wall painting
17. Dunhuang
Cave 254: interior: White-robed Buddha
Northern Wei dynasty (386-535)
wall painting
18. Dunhuang
Cave 217: interior: Western Pure Land
Tang dynasty (618-907 CE)
c. 8th century
wall painting
19. Yungang, cave 20
Colossal Buddha
Northern Wei (386-535)
460-470 CE
rock-cut chamber with relief sculpture
20. Yungang, cave 9
Buddha and bodhisattvas
Northern Wei (386-535)
480-490 CE
rock-cut chamber with relief sculpture
21. Longmen
Vairocana Buddha and attendants
Tang dynasty (618-907)
675 CE
rock-cut limestone chamber with relief sculpture
22. Longmen
Vairocana Buddha and attendants
Tang dynasty (618-907)
675 CE
rock-cut limestone chamber with relief sculpture
23. Eleven-headed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)
Tang dynasty (618-907)
c. 8th century CE
sandstone
Sites and materials in Japan:
24.Horyu-ji (aerial view)
Asuka period (552-645 CE)
7th century
25. Horyu-ji
Golden Hall (Kondo)
Asuka period (552-645 CE)
7th century
wood, tile
26. Horyu-ji
Shaka triad, by Tori Busshi
Asuka period (552-645 CE)
dated 623
bronze
27. Horyu-ji
Five-storied pagoda (gojunoto)
Asuka period (552-645 CE)
7th century
wood, tile
28. Horyu-ji
Five-storied pagoda (gojunoto):
Death of the Buddha (Shakyamuni)
Asuka period (552-645 CE)
711
wood, tile
29. Todai-ji
Nara period (645-794 CE)
reconstruction view of Nara period temple complex
early 8th century
30. Todai-ji
Vairocana Buddha and attendants
Nara period (645-794 CE)
early 8th century
engraving on lotus leaf of Great Buddha
31. Todai-ji
Vairocana Buddha (Daibutsu)
Nara period (645-794 CE), Kamakura period (ca. 1200)
and Edo period (ca. 17th century) construction
cast bronze
32. Todai-ji
Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsu den)
Edo period (ca. 17th century) reconstruction
wood, tile, plaster
33. Todai-ji
Guardian figure
Nara period (645-794 CE)
mid-8th century
painted clay
34. Byodo-in: Ho-o-do (Phoenix Hall)
Heian period (794-1185 CE)
1053
wood, plaster, tile
35. Byodo-in: Ho-o-do (Phoenix Hall)
Amida by Jocho
Heian period (794-1185 CE)
1053
gilded wood
36. Byodo-in: Ho-o-do (Phoenix Hall)
Bodhisattva
Heian period (794-1185 CE)
1053
wood
