Gandhara Art in Xinjiang: A blending of cultures
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- In the Kizil caves, a Buddhist grotto in China's Xinjiang, some Buddhist murals and sculptures have surprisingly European faces. This shows the influence of the art of Gandhara, an important Silk Road pathway where different civilizations mingled over time.
The conversations among civilizations became a source of creativity and vitality. As we celebrate the first anniversary of the Global Civilization Initiative this year, we share this vision through the lens of Kizil caves, to understand why multiculturalism still matters for us today.
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No evidence that Buddha or Buddhism originated in India. Most likely Buddha Siddhartha Gotama was a Scythian from a Saka warrior tribe.
Who ever you are you should read about lord Buddha before comment. Lord Buddha is born in present Nepal with evidence from contemporary kings and scholars. Shakya are from iksvaku dynasty same as lord Ram of Hindu. Scyntian are imaginary tribe and name are given imaginary to people of Indian origin in Europe
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Why, instead of being written in Nepalese or Indian Sanskrit, the oldest Buddhist writings ever discovered are written in the Indo-European language of Kharosthi script? A script used by the Saka, but not by the Indians or the Nepalese.
Found at Gandhara, the archeological site of the major early Buddhist center in the ancient world, are the world's first earliest Buddhist scriptures written in Kharosthi script and Buddha figures.
It is unlike the Buddhist sites in India or Nepal where there are no early Buddhist manuscripts, sculptures, pictures, stupas, or other reliable evidence being the origin of Buddha or Buddhism.
The town's name, Lumbini, did not exist at the time of the Buddha and Ashoka; it had only been existing for a few hundred years, not 2,000 years, when the false Ashoka pillar showed up. Furthermore, the inscriptions on the fake Ashoka stone pillar appeared to be new rather than two millennia old.
Gandhara is located between today's Afghanistan and Pakistan, far from both India and Nepal. It's part of the Indus Valley.
Gandhara was the biggest Buddhist center at the time, and there was no connection between Buddha Gotama and India or Nepal.
Another name for Buddha Siddhartha Gotama is Sakamuni, which means "Saka guru." The Saka were a warrior tribe that lived as nomads in the Indus Valley and Central Asia. They founded the Saka Kingdom at Gandhara, the largest ancient early Buddhist site in the world. There are not just the world's earliest Buddhist documents, but also the oldest Buddha sculptures.
When king Ashoka, who was partially Greek, visited Gandhara in the Indus Valley and learned about Buddhism, he became influenced, and when he returned to northeast India, he built stone pillars and steles to promote Buddhism.
Today, several old Buddhist temples are situated inside caves in India, the most well-known of which being the Elora Caves and Ajanta Caves in central India. Inside the caves are Buddha figures, but they are all modelled by Greek-style Buddha statues found in Gandhara, showing that Buddhism in India started in Gandhara rather than somewhere else. There are no such old Buddhist sites in Nepal.
The Sakas were well-known for their nomadic warrior lifestyle, mastery of horse-drawn chariots, and victories over countless opponents. The chariot wheel was used to represent the Dharma Wheel, one of Buddhism's symbols.
Some Sakas eventually settled in the Indus Valley, where they established the Saka Kingdom near Gandhara, the location of the oldest Buddhist monuments and scriptures.
The Saka swastika, which is similar to the one used by Buddhists, was discovered on a 3,000-year-old Saka tapestry that was made at least 500 years before the supposed birth of Buddha Gotama.
Buddhist stupas, Dharma wheel, and the Buddhist swastika emblem are all linked with Sakas.
Saka ruled northern India. The Indian government has been using the Saka Calendar in the past 2000 years to this day!! Before the Aryans arrived in the northern Indian subcontinent, there had been no horses, wheels, or chariots. Stupas are another traditional method of burial among the Saka people. Stupas were not common in either India or Nepal before Buddhism arrived from Gandhara in the Indus Valley. Gandhara still has the world's largest number of earliest ancient Buddhist stupas.
But where did he live, mate? He was from Lumbini, present day Nepal, in a region of Indian culture.
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No evidence of Buddha Gotama has ever been in Nepal or India. There are no contemporary Buddhist manuscripts and Buddha figures or images in Nepal or India, but there are plenty of them in Gandhara which was ruled by Persia at the time.
The oldest Buddhist manuscripts exist in the world are written in Kharosthi script which was a Saka Scythian language not Indian or Nepalese.
Also, the world's earliest Buddha figures are found in Gandhara as well, those Buddha figures look European dressed in European togas. The oldest Buddha figures found in India also resemble the European Buddha figures seen in Gandhara, this means Buddhism was introduced from Gandhara to India.
The archeological evidence of Buddhism in India predate the very few in Nepal, so this means Buddhism didn't originated in Nepal.
He was from Nepal