Buddhapad Hoard

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Buddhapad Hoard
Sculpture of the Buddha from the Buddhapad Hoard in the British Museum
MaterialBronze
Created6th-8th Centuries AD
Present locationBritish Museum, London
Registration1905,1218.1-15

The Buddhapad Hoard or Buddam Hoard is a large cache of

Jain sculptures found near the town of Buddam in Andhra Pradesh, southern India. Since 1905, it has formed an important part of the British Museum's South Asian collection.[1] Dating from 6th-8th centuries AD, the style of craftsmanship fuses the northern influences of the Gupta period with the southern traditions of the Deccan
, which in turn greatly influenced Buddhist art in South East Asia in subsequent centuries.

Discovery and original ownership

The hoard was discovered in about 1870 by workers digging a canal,[2] and was described by the colonial historian Robert Sewell in 1895.[3] The artefacts was subsequently donated by the Secretary of State for India to the British Museum in 1905. Given the religious nature of the sculptures, the cache may have originally formed part of a ritual deposit from a Buddhist temple or monastery.

Description

The 6th-8th century hoard

Parsvanatha
. The Buddhist context of some of the smaller body fragments is probable rather than certain.

Gallery

  • Model of a stupa from the hoard
    Model of a stupa from the hoard
  • Bronze statuette of the Buddha with varadamudra gesture
    Bronze statuette of the Buddha with varadamudra gesture

Bibliography

  • Zwalf W, Buddhism: Art and Faith, London, British Museum
  • Barrett D, Studies in Indian Sculpture and Painting, London
  • R. Fisher, Buddhist art and architecture (London, Thames & Hudson, 1993)

References

  1. ^ British Museum Collection
  2. ^ British Museum, "Buddam"
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1588395245. Retrieved 31 July 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )