: 'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6624117.stm
'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find


The discovery has been likened to finding a treaure trove
Paintings
jim flanegin wrote:
I am just curious why they date the paintings
just back to the 12th century?
Because they are 12th century paintings?
I am thinking they could be much older.
Not much older, because tantric Buddhism wasn't
introduced into Tibet before 774 AD with the arrival
of
This is just an *extraordinary* find. The parts of
the mural shown in the two photos that have been
released so far are glorious, incredibly graceful.
Besides the one at Vaj's BBC link (be sure to click
to see the enlarged detail), there's another photo
in the Times this morning:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find
The discovery has been likened to finding a treaure trove
Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have
been
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6624117.stm
'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find


The discovery has been likened to finding a treaure trove
Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6624117.stm
'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find


The discovery has been likened to finding a
