Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi' has mentioned 'Circa' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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Maurya structures and decorations at Sanchi(3rd century BCE) Approximate reconstitution of the Great Stupa with its pillar of Ashoka, under the Mauryas circa 260 BCE. | WIKI |
These elements are dated to circa 150 BCE,[22] or 175xe2x80x93125 BCE. | WIKI |
[26] This medallion was made circa 115 BCE. | WIKI |
The reliefs are dated to circa 115 BCE for the medallions, and 80 BCE for the pillar carvings,[27] slightly before the reliefs of Bharhut for the earliest, with some reworks down to the 1st century CE. | WIKI |
Sunga period railings were initially blank (left: Great Stupa), and only started to be decorated circa 115 BCE with Stupa No.2 (right). | WIKI |
2Shunga period, but mason's marks in Kharoshti point to craftsmen from the north-west (region of Gandhara) for the earliest reliefs (circa 115 BCE). | WIKI |
The medallions are dated circa 115 BCE. | WIKI |
The single torana gateway oriented to the south is not Shunga, and was built later under the Satavahanas, probably circa 50 BCE. | WIKI |
Pillar 25 at Sanchi is also attributed to the Sungas, in the 2ndxe2x80x931st century BCE, and is considered as similar in design to the Heliodorus pillar, locally called Kham Baba pillar, dedicated by Heliodorus, the ambassador to the Indo-Greek king Antialkidas, in nearby Vidisha circa 100 BCE. | WIKI |
[37]Dated circa 50 BCE- 0 CE. | WIKI |
Another rather similar foreigner is also depicted in Bharhut, the Bharhut Yavana (circa 100 BCE), also wearing a tunic and a royal headband in the manner of a Greek king, and displaying a Buddhist triratna on his sword. | WIKI |
Northwestern foreigners at Sanchi Foreigner on a horse, circa 115 BCE, Stupa No2. | WIKI |
See also: Relics associated with Buddha This Sanchi relief permitted this reconstruction of the city of Kushinagara circa 500 BCE. | WIKI |
Rear central architrave The actual "Diamond throne" at Bodh Gaya, built by Ashoka circa 260 BCE. | WIKI |
The Western Satraps remained well into the 4th century as shown by the nearby Kanakerha inscription mentioning the construction of a well by the Saka chief and "righteous conqueror" Sridharavarman, who ruled circa 339-368 CE. | WIKI |
Although the initial craftsmen for stone reliefs in Sanchi seem to have come from Gandhara, with the first reliefs being carved at Sanchi Stupa No.2 circa 115 BCE,[26] the art of Sanchi thereafter developed considerably in the 1st century BCE/CE and is thought to predate the blooming of the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, which went on to flourish until around the 4th century CE. | WIKI |
The presence of Greeks at or near Sanchi at the time is known (Indo-Greek ambassador Heliodorus at Vidisha circa 100 BCE, the Greek-like foreigners illustrated at Sanchi worshiping the Great Stupa, or the Greek "Yavana" devotees who had dedicatory inscriptions made at Sanchi[83]), but more precise details about exchanges or possible routes of transmission are elusive. | WIKI |