Angkor Wat

Patron: Suryavarman II

Cambodia, 12th c. CE

Angkor Wat

Patron: Suryavarman II

Cambodia, 12th c. CE

Colossal Buddha

Stone, 175'

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

4th-5th c. CE

Colossal Buddha close up

Stone, 175'

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

4th-5th c. CE

"Big Temple" or Brihadeshvara Temple

Patron: Raja Raja the Great

Thanjavur, India

1010 CE

Borobudur Temple

Java

ca. 9th c. CE

Borobudur Temple second view

Java

ca. 9th c. CE

Buddhist Memorial Stela

Limestone, 7'

Six Dynasties Period

554 CE

Cremation of the Buddha

Fresco

Xinjiang, China

ca. 6th c. CE

Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion

Thailand (but Cambodian style)

ca. 8th c. CE

Goa Gadjah (Elephant's Cave)

Javanese, Bali

11th c. CE

Horyu-ji pagoda 

Asuka Period, Japan

7th c. CE

Horyu-ji Temple

Asuka Period, Japan

7th c. CE

Interior of Chaitya Hall

Chunar Sandstone

Gupta Period: Ajanta, India

late 5th c. CE

Krishna Dancing on the Serpent Kaliya

Bronze, 34.5" high

Tamil Nadu, India

11th c. CE

Krishna Govardhana

Gray Limestone, 8' High

Cambodia

ca. 500-600 CE

Mahakala with Companions

Thangka

ink, color and gold on cotton

Tibet

ca. 1450 CE

Nagaraja with his queen

Exterior niche, cave 19

late 5th c. CE

Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance)

Copper

Chola Period, India

11th c. CE

The Descent of the Ganges

granite, 96' long by 43' high

Mahamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

7th- 8th c. CE

The First Sermon

chunar sandstone

Gupta Period, India

ca. 475 CE

The Pandava (Five) Rathas

Mahamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

early 7th c. CE

The Pandava (Five) Rathas

second view

Mahamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

early 7th c. CE

Altar

Painted and gilded clay sculptures, dry fresco

Dunhuang, China

Tang Dynasty 

8th c. CE (colorplate 12)

Pattini Devi

Gilded Copper, h. 57"

Eastern Sri Lanka

7th- 10th c. CE