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Buddhist Art from Kashmir at the Metropolitan Museum, New York

Reliquary(?) with Scenes from the Life of Buddha

Reliquary(?) with Scenes from the Life of Buddha

Kashmir was at one time one of the great centers of Buddhist learning and it was from Kashmir that Buddhism spread Northwards into Ladakh and Central Asia and subsequently to Tibet and China. The Metropolitan Museum in New York has a fine collection of Kashmiri Buddhist artworks.

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tags: kashmir, buddhist, art, stone, bronze
Saturday 09.08.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

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