India Perspectives, Volume 15PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 2002 - India |
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Page 15
... Buddhist philosophy they subscribed to , monarchs and merchants patronized the Facing page ( top ) : Doorway of Cave 17 ; images of seven Manushi - Buddhas , as well as that of Maitreya - the future Buddha are painted above it . Far ...
... Buddhist philosophy they subscribed to , monarchs and merchants patronized the Facing page ( top ) : Doorway of Cave 17 ; images of seven Manushi - Buddhas , as well as that of Maitreya - the future Buddha are painted above it . Far ...
Page 16
... Buddhist Sangha , an act that also helped them acquire merit . Donations also took the form of funding the excavation of chaityas or prayer- halls and vibaras or monasteries . As the Mahayanas believed that Bodhisattvas and the Buddha ...
... Buddhist Sangha , an act that also helped them acquire merit . Donations also took the form of funding the excavation of chaityas or prayer- halls and vibaras or monasteries . As the Mahayanas believed that Bodhisattvas and the Buddha ...
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... Buddhist prayer- halls and monasteries in Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal , Tibet , Mongolia , China and Japan are believed to have derived inspiration from those at Ajanta . By the seventh century A.D. Buddhism started fading away ...
... Buddhist prayer- halls and monasteries in Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal , Tibet , Mongolia , China and Japan are believed to have derived inspiration from those at Ajanta . By the seventh century A.D. Buddhism started fading away ...
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