Q: Why is it that pictures of the Buddha look so different from one another? In most pictures or statues, he is quite a plump guy and in others he is absolutely emaciated. Gregory Elder, a Redlands ...

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Buddha images discovered in Veunkhao village, Khong district, Champasak province. - Phoutthasine Vongvilaythong via Vientiane Times/ANN VIENTIANE: A significant archaeological discovery has been made ...

"This deft and lively study by Robert DeCaroli explores the questions of how and why the earliest verifiable images of the historical Buddha were created. In so doing, DeCaroli steps away from old ...

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