Model of the Mahabodhi temple

Model of the Mahabodhi temple

Stone model of the Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya, Bodhgaya, Bihar, about 1050 Gallery 32: India from AD 600 This temple, with the bodhi tree on its terrace, is shown before its various later restorations. Portable models of this kind were commissioned by visiting Buddhist pilgrims, and a number have survived in Tibet

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