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THE ATLAS OF THE EMPTY THRONE

The empty seat is carved

the aniconic period
nature
At Bharhut and Sāñchī the reliefs show the whole scene — devotees, kings, animals, the tree — with the Buddha represented by an empty throne, a pair of footprints, a parasol, a wheel. Anthropomorphic images appear only later, at Gandhāra and Mathurā.

The wing's namesake, in stone, with a date.
rhymes with
sephirahketer
whyThe seat at the top of the scene, and nobody on it.
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bharhut · sanchi · aniconic · empty throne
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