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Mathura: Votive stupa with scenes of Buddha's life, about 2nd Century A.D.

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:53:03Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:53:03Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:53:03Z
dc.descriptionVotive stupas also increased in number during the Kushan period, these to be erected along with the little shrines containing votive statuary around the vicinity of the larger stupa, The example in our slide is of an unusual shape, in terms of the styles of stupas being built at that time, and really appears to be an abstract of a stupa rather than a representation of one, At the base are carvings showing a number of suggested architraves, each housing a meditating Buddha, above this are two discs with scenes from Buddha's life, At the paramount position is a slightly elongated sphere symbolizing the dome of the stupa, and in this case it has no crowning elements, Such a stupa would not have been difficult to raise and could have been produced in a relatively short time, This is in keeping with the fact that many of their kind were in heavy demand, -- Mathura, Curzon Museum,en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mediumsepiaen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-673en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-752en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-752
dc.identifier.other31
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163441
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMathuraen_AU
dc.subjectArchitectural elementsen_AU
dc.subjectreliefsen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectmounted transparency seten_AU
dc.titleMathura: Votive stupa with scenes of Buddha's life, about 2nd Century A.D.
dc.typeImage
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