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Rajgir: Early Buddhist caves

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Morgan, Kenneth W.
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Much of the Buddha's ministry was in the civinity of Rajgir, located some sixty miles from modern Patna. From earliest times, Buddhist monks have lined [sic] in the caves on the hills above the village of Rajgir, making this a most sacred spot. According to an ancient tradition, the Buddha delivered here the Saddharma Pundarika, and because of its importance in Japanese Buddhism there is today a Japanese Buddhist monastery nearby.

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India: Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Rajgir, Sanchi, Nalanda, Mathura, Ajanta, architecture, slide set

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/195982

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Basham Photographs

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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