Key Terms 1
The place in a Buddhist temple reserved for meditation.
What is a chaitya?
A solid, funerary mound that enshrines a casket with relics of the Buddha.
What is a stupa?
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Dotaku with Images of Animals and People
Middle-Late Yayoi period, ca. 100 BCE-300 CE
Bronze
Japan
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Unicorn Seal, Seated Figure
Indus Valley Civilization
C. 3000-1500 BCE
Glazed Steatite
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Indus Valley Civilization, Mohenjo-Daro 2600-1900
An adjective used to characterize objects as large, stone monuments.
What is megalithic?
A mode of ritual approach and worship in which the devotee walks around the monument in a clockwise direction.
What is circumambulation?
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Haniwa Figure of a Horse
Kofun period, 6th century
Earthenware
Japan
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Blackware Stem Cup
Earthenware
Longshan Culture
2400-1900 BCE
China
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Kofun of Emperor Nintoku
Late 4th to early 5th century, CE
Osaka, Japan
The title of a universal monarch or emperor whose rule is seen as unbounded; also an epithet of the Buddha, whose teachings were widely propagated. The word literally means "wheel-turner."
What is a Chakravartin?
A large, key-hole shaped tomb. Emperor Nintoku was buried in such a tomb after his death in 399 CE.
What is a kofun?
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Magatama
Kofun period, 5th-6th century
Jadeite
Japan
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Carinated Pot
C. 1000 BC Bang Chiang, Middle Period
Ceramic, h. 32.4cm
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Lomasa Rishi cave (Barabar Hills), ca. 250 BCE
Using a sign or symbol to indicate the presence of a figure
What is aniconism?
A complex term which can be used to refer to the teachings of Buddha, but was probably used by Emperor Asoka to refer to a broader sense of social ethics; often used to refer to moral duty and customary behavior.
What is Dharma/Dhamma?
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Dogū Figurine
Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration
Late Jomon period
1000-400 BCE
Japan
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Great Goose Pagoda
Tang Dynasty, 652
C’ien Monastery
Xi’an China
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Karle chaitya
Cave interior
C. 50-75 CE
Funerary vessels that depict some of the first Buddhist imagery found in China.
What are hunping?
Mathura and Ghandara
Where are the two capitals during the Kushan Dynasty?
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Buddha (probably Amitabha/Amida),
Tang Dynasty, early 7th century
Hollow dry lacquer with traces
Of gilt and polychrome gliding China
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Five-story pagoda, Horyu-Ji
Asuka period, 7th century
Nara prefecture
Japan
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(Slide 23)
Bodhisattva
c. 462-500 CE
Ajanta Caves, Vihara