2/ This iconic sign of Buddhist worship is found in the Amaråvati Stupa, dating back to the 2nd or 1st cent. bce. It features a trident, wheel, åsana, and buddhapåda under an umbrella. The royal figures can be seen revering it with equal fervor.
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3/ Buddhapåda slab from the 2nd century BC, located at Amaråvati Stupa, can be found in the Madras Museum. Photo credit: K P Rao.
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4/ Here Buddha's toes depicted as half-open lotus buds and on the upper surface of the foot, a dharmacakra (wheel of the law) flanked by two svastikas. The piece is broken across the wheel motif and the lower half lost. 2ndC, Amaravati
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5/ 2nd Century piece, depicting Buddha's footprints alongside religious symbols, was taken from the Swat Valley and eventually smuggled into the US.
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6/ Budhapada, a relic from the 2nd century, is displayed at the National Museum in Delhi.
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7/ This dome-slab sculpted depicts a set of Buddhapada (footprints of the Buddha) with each foot bearing a dharmacakra (wheel of the law), lotuses, flowers, svastikas, etc. 2nd c, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh, #Bharat
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8/ Footprints of the Buddha (2nd century, Yale University Art Gallery)
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9/ Buddhas Footprint, 1./2. Century, Stone (Chlorite)
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12/ rare combination of ancient Hindu and Buddhist symbols: the solar disc, , the trident, representing the unity of past, present and future, and the eightfold lotus, alluding to Enlightenment and the Path.
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13/ Buddhapada Keshanapalli
ancient Buddhist establishment of Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) from 4th century BCE to 14th century CE, including sculptures representing episodes of the Buddha’s life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas
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ancient Buddhist establishment of Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) from 4th century BCE to 14th century CE, including sculptures representing episodes of the Buddha’s life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas
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14/ RARE GREEN SCHIST BUDDHAPADAANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, PROBABLY SWAT VALLEY, 2ND-4TH CENTURY CE
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15/ Railing pillar with #Naga Mucalinda protecting the Buddha
India, Pauni, Bhandara district, Maharashtra
2nd c
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India, Pauni, Bhandara district, Maharashtra
2nd c
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16/ Symbolic sign depicting a thousand-spoked wheel, a trident and a lotus flower. A pedistal from a Jain image, 2nd century AD. State Museum, Locknow. From: J P Vogel, La Sculpture de Mathura.
Notice the hellenistic influence
Notice the hellenistic influence
17/ Budhapada often included several other pious symbols such as counch shells
Myanmar, 17th-18th century
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Myanmar, 17th-18th century
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18/ There are evidences of Hindu Weather God Indra paying homages to Budha in this sculpture from Mathura, #Bharat dating c. 2nd century AD
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19/ Buddha-2nd century CE-Limestone-Amravati-Andhra Pradesh
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20/ Amravati Buddhist sculpture, ca. 150 CE, Government Museum, Chennai
21/ The Great Miracle at Shravasti, c. AD 100
Pakistan, Gandhara, Peshawar Valley, early Kushan Period (1st century-320)
The helennistic influence in this sculpture is clearly visible.
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Pakistan, Gandhara, Peshawar Valley, early Kushan Period (1st century-320)
The helennistic influence in this sculpture is clearly visible.
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22/ It is thus infrutus efforts of dividing forces to call Buddhism is not Hinduism.
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