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The Maligawila Buddha statue is located close to the village of Maligawila in the Moneragala District of the Uva Province in Sri Lanka.It has been carved from a single large limestone rock, and is considered to be the tallest ancient free-standing image in Sri Lanka, [1] at a height of 37 feet 10 inches (11.53 m). [2]
Salado (/ s ə ˈ l eɪ d oʊ / sə-LAY-doh) is a village in Bell County, Texas, United States. Salado was first incorporated in 1867 for the sole purpose of building a bridge across Salado Creek. Salado was first incorporated in 1867 for the sole purpose of building a bridge across Salado Creek.
The relics were then housed in a shrine near Botatuang Pagoda, which was destroyed in World War II and was being reconstructed. Although the Burmese government originally intended to house the relics at the Botatuang Pagoda after reconstruction, following the completion of the Kaba Aye Pagoda in 1952, Prime Minister U Nu decided to permanently ...
The Buddhas of Bamiyan, an example of late Gandhāran Buddhist monumental sculpture. Topographic map of the region showing major Gandhāran and Bactrian sites The Dharmarajika Stupa and ruins of surrounding monasteries Kushan territories (full line) and maximum extent of Kushan dominions under Kanishka the Great (dotted line), which saw the height of Gandhāran Buddhist expansion.
The Avukana statue is a standing statue of the Buddha near Kekirawa in North Central Sri Lanka. The statue, which has a height of more than 14 m (46 ft), depicts the Buddha with a hand raised in reassurance, a variation of the Abhaya mudra. The Avukana statue is one of the best examples of a standing statue built in Sri Lanka.
The Toluvila statue is a seated image of the Buddha discovered in 1900 in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, that dates back to the 4th or 5th century.Carved out of granite, it is one of the best-preserved sculptures from Sri Lanka and is similar to the Samadhi statue of Anuradhapura.
Buda Limestone stratigraphic column in Texas. The Buda Limestone is a geological formation in the High Plains and Trans-Pecos regions of West Texas [1] and in southern New Mexico, [2] whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Pterosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [3]
Welcome to Belleville Sign. Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.A western suburb of Detroit, Belleville is located roughly 29 miles (46.7 km) southwest of downtown Detroit, and 18 miles (29.0 km) southeast of Ann Arbor, and is completely surrounded by Van Buren Township.