1 apr 400 anni - Buddha from Bamiyan

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Date: 400 CE - 800 CE (destroyed in 2001)

Artist: Unknown

Medium: cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint

Location: Afghanistan

Function:
-Pilgrimage site

Form:
-Two huge standing Buddhas
-Larger (175 ft): Vairocana, universal buddha
-Smaller (115 ft): Sakyammuni, historical Buddha
-Pilgrims can walk through the cave galleries into passageways that lead to the level of the Buddha's shoulder

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