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Siddhartha Gautama, born in the 5th century BCE, renounced his royal life in search of enlightenment. After years of meditation, he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, becoming the Buddha.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Historical-development

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The Four Noble Truths explain the nature of suffering, its cause, its end, and the path leading to the end of suffering.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Historical-development

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The Eightfold Path is a set of practices and ethics that Buddhists follow to reach nirvana, including right understanding, right intention, and right speech.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mathura-art

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After the bloody Kalinga War, Emperor Ashoka embraced Buddhism and helped spread the teachings throughout India and beyond, constructing stupas and sending missionaries.

Source: https://viva.pressbooks.pub/arthistory/chapter/early-buddhist-art-in-india/

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Buddhism spread through trade routes, reaching regions like China, Southeast Asia, and Tibet, where it interacted with local cultures and evolved.

Source: https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/buddhism/

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In early Buddhist art, the Buddha was represented through symbols such as the Dharma wheel and the stupa.

Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/budd/hd_budd.htm

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Stupas were rounded structures built to cherish relics of the Buddha, often becoming pilgrimage sites for early Buddhists.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_art

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Around the 1st century CE, artists in Gandhara and Mathura began depicting the Buddha in human form, marking the start of iconic Buddhist art.

Source: https://viva.pressbooks.pub/arthistory/chapter/early-buddhist-art-in-india/

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Gandhara art was heavily influenced by Greek culture, clear in the realistic representation of Buddha with covered robes, nostalgic of Greek sculptures.

Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/budd/hd_budd.htm

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Mathura artists highlight spiritual symbolism over realism, often showing the Buddha with simplified robes and mudras.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mathura-art

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The work that I have done so far is thorough and meets the assignment's requirements. Information on both the rise of Buddhism and early Buddhist art is accurate, supported by reliable sources. Overall, I think my project provides careful research and thoughtful interaction with the material, having both clarity and depth.

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Notes for Buddhism and Buddhist Art Study Guide - by Eugene Antonov

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Notes for Buddhism and Buddhist Art - Eugene Antonov

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Here I talk about a few important points that I took from my notes and added to the padlet.