Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Indo-Eurasian_research , " Benjamin Fleming " <dontread13 wrote:Dear List,In response to some of the discussion arising around the image of the Indrashala Cave motif from Bharhut that I posted for himyesterday on the 'virtual' pilgrimage thread, John Huntington hasprovided a short photographic essay on the interpretation of therelief carving and its various iconographic parts. He identifies, for example, the figure with his back to the viewer as Indra,corresponding, it would seem, to textual sources relating the storyof Indra's visit to the Buddha. This certainly resonnates withJoanna's interpretation of the figure as being in some kind of authority/teacher position. An image of the Buddha does not appear,as is typical of these early 'aniconic' Buddhist reliefs from NorthIndia. The five images, with explanatory notes can be accessed here: http://www.benjaminfleming.com/indrashalaguha_1.jpghttp://www.benjaminfleming.com/indrashalaguha_2.jpg http://www.benjaminfleming.com/indrashalaguha_3.jpghttp://www.benjaminfleming.com/indrashalaguha_4.jpg http://www.benjaminfleming.com/indrashalaguha_5.jpgThe original post in the 'virtual' pilgrimage thread regarding thisimage can be view here: Indo-Eurasian_research/message/11829BestBF--- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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