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Buddhist Art (4054 words) |
 | One of the most characteristic creations of Tibetan Buddhist art are the mandalas, diagrams of a ¡°divine temple¡± made of a circle enclosing a square, the purpose of which is to help Buddhist worshipers focus their attention through meditation and follow the path to the central image of the Buddha. |
| The Buddhist art of the Mons was especially influenced by the Indian art of the Gupta and post-Gupta periods, and their mannerist style spread widely in Southeast Asia following the expansion of the Mon Empire between the 5th and 8th centuries. |
| Later, from the 9th to 13th centuries, the Mahayana Buddhist and Hindu Khmer Empire dominated vast parts of the Southeast Asian peninsula, and its influence was foremost in the development of Buddhist art in the region. |
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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Buddhist regions (328 words) |
| Differences in a religion from region to region are common among religions. |
| In Buddhism, the differences are primarily a result of Buddhist thinking interacting with native thinking in the region. |
| These Buddhist site are not too far from Cuttack (Orissa) and date from the 6th C. AD, and after the 8th C. became important centres of Tantric Buddhism or the Vajrayana school of art and philosophy. |
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