Category:Sculptures at Shanti Stupa (Dhauli)

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 See also categories: Sculptures at Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling and Sculptures at Shanti Stupa (Ladakh).

The stupa has two layers of 12 tablets, the lower layer most probably made out of painted white cement and the middle layer made of stone. These depict the life of Buddha, his enlightenment, and teachings.

  • The middle row is related to episodes of the life of Buddha (Starting Clockwise From Main Entrance)
  1. King Bimbisara Paying Homage To Buddha At Venuvana
  2. Buddha in Heaven
  3. Descent from heaven
  4. Elephants procession (Division And Transportation Of Buddha Relics)
  5. Preaching of `Saddharma Pundarika Sutra` or Lotus Sutra, the final teaching of Lord Gautama Buddha.
  6. Sleeping beauty fanned by female attendants (Dream of Queen Maya)
  7. Buddha on horseback (Departure from the paternal palace on the horse Kantaka)
  8. Buddha cut his hair
  9. Sujata offers milk rice to the Buddha
  10. Demon Mara Attack And Temptation Of The Buddha
  11. Buddha's first sermon at deer park
  12. Gift Of Mango Grove To Buddha By Amrapali At Vaishali
  • The lower row recalls the famous Kalinga War and the transformation of King Ashoka from a tyrant into a benevolent monarch (Starting Clockwise From Main Entrance)
  1. Sanghamitta brings à Bodhi Tree in Sri Lanka
  2. Diamond throne (Vajrasana) and Mahabodhi Temple around the Boddhi Tree
  3. Ashoka pillar, stupas and elephants
  4. ?
  5. Stupa
  6. (not shown)
  7. Ashoka at Kalinga War
  8. Footprints of Buddha bearing the chakra (wheel)
  9. Emperor Ashoka giving up on war by offering his sword to lord Buddha
  10. ?
  11. Dharmachakra (not shown)
  12. ?

These are not of high artistic quality. They are executed in a naive and clumsy style.

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