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Archaeologists uncover oldest Buddha statues ever found in China: 2,200-year-old copper ornaments found during excavation of royal tombs linked to the Eastern Han Dynasty
The Daily Mail UK ^
| 13 December 2021
| STACY LIBERATORE
Posted on 12/13/2021 11:53:17 PM PST by blueplum
A pair of newly-discovered 2,200 year-old copper Buddhas statues found in China are the oldest of their kind to be discovered in the country
The small figurines were part of a trove of artifacts found among a group of ancient tombs from the Eastern Han Dynasty.
One statue, known as Shakyamuni, shows Buddha standing on a platform while dressed in a long cloak and the other is for Five Tathāgatas, which highlights the five great Buddhas.
These figurines are 200 years older previous Buddha statues found in China and were fashioned in Gandhara style. That is a style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century and 7th century BC.....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; akshobhya; amithaba; amoghasiddha; archeology; buddha; buddhism; china; fivetathagatas; gandhara; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; handynasty; mahayanabuddhism; pakistan; ratnasambhava; shakyamuni; vairocana; vajrayanabuddhism
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12/13/2021 11:53:17 PM PST
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blueplum
To: blueplum
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A pair of copper Buddhas statues found in China are the oldest of their kind to be discovered in the Asian country
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12/14/2021 1:27:54 AM PST
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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12/14/2021 1:56:21 AM PST
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SteveH
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To: blam
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posted on
12/14/2021 3:37:09 AM PST
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aces
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To: blueplum
Stamped on the bottom: “Made in Japan”
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posted on
12/14/2021 3:42:08 AM PST
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Hot Tabasco
(My favorite word is Tweezer)
To: All
Not a continuum of the copper clapper caper again?
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12/14/2021 3:57:04 AM PST
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BipolarBob
(WHY are there no Democrats on Mt. Rushmore?)
To: blueplum
Good thing an early version of the Red Guards, BLM and ANTIFA or moslems were not around to destroy it.
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12/14/2021 6:57:11 AM PST
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks blueplum.
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12/16/2021 7:11:07 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
2200 years?
Well, you gotta give them a Han.........................
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12/16/2021 7:30:13 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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12/16/2021 9:15:39 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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12/16/2021 9:17:49 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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