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Sarnath: Buddha, 5th Century A.D. Allahabad, Municipal Museum

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T06:11:47Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T06:11:47Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.identifierANUA 682-915
dc.identifier.otherIA-1080
dc.identifier.otherIA-1080
dc.identifier.other9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163680
dc.descriptionThis is perhaps the most often imitated of the Buddha images and is also probably the most famous to western eyes as it symbolizes the very essence of Buddhism in a single sculpture, The Buddha type is the yoga-ascetic holding the hands in the dharmachakra mudra or Turning of the Wheel of the Law sign and calmly meditating over the cycle of life, Barely visible on the platform beneath the Buddha are six figures in relief depicting some of Buddha's followers, Occasionally, these six, or sometimes five, are shown flanking an aniconic symbol of Buddha on the platform relief, this occurs when the seated Buddha above is to be understood as being in the Deer Park giving his first sermon where it is said, 'he set the Wheels of the Law in motion,' A stone of much finer grain has been used in this sculpture since Sarnath had a good deposit of chunar sandstone for its workshops as opposed to the red sandstone of coarser grain used at Mathura, On this account, a very polished carving could be executed in this medium, and outlines could be made softer while geometric underdrawing could be easily hidden,
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.subjectGupta Period
dc.subjectSarnath Architect
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectmounted transparency set
dc.titleSarnath: Buddha, 5th Century A.D. Allahabad, Municipal Museum
dc.typeImage
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T06:11:47Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
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.
CollectionsArthur Llewellyn Basham

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