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6th-century Buddhism

  • TiantaiIn the 6th century, a Chinese monk named Zhiyi stood on Tiantai Mountain in Zhejiang province and began to weave together centuries of Indian Buddhist…
  • Buddhas of BamiyanThe Bamiyan Valley sits at an elevation of 1,800 meters in the Hindu Kush mountains. Here, two monumental Buddhist reliefs were carved possibly around the…