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--Greeting-- If it is called the ancient ruins thought of from the history of Southeast Asia.Are they at least Angkor Vat(12-13th century) of Cambodia famous as world heritage, the ruins of Sukhothai of a Thailand (13-15th century), and the ruins of Ayutthaya (14-17th century)? Recently, the ruins of Pagan in Burma (the 11-13th century) and the ruins of Borobudur in Jawa (the 9-10th century) are also becoming major. Moreover, the king's palace (Ratanakosin term : the 18th century - present) in Thailand Bangkok etc. is famous as a precious history building. It is the Buddhist image which attracts an eye particularly also in it. A Buddhist image is first built in the present Pakistan Gandhara district at the beginning time of the 2nd century. It came to be made in various places, changing a form with Buddhistic introduction. It is studied around the 6th century that the Buddhist image went into Southeast Asia for the first time. Expression, a dress, a posture, the quality of the material, etc. are transfigured under the influence of an aesthetic sense also with after [ peculiar to the land ] introduction of Buddhism, circumference countries, etc. It has resulted by the end of today. Especially in this page, it thinks as important in the fine-arts style of Mon who founded the Buddhist image and kingdom of the Dvaravati term which is the first kingdom in Thailand, and a Buddhist image is introduced according to a country (the present territory).  Mask of Buddha,Thai 15th century A.D.Copyright(C) 2000-2006 Buddhist Art of Southeast Asia (Ichikawa). All Rights Reserved. |