The Great Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist, Late Sunga Dynasty c. 300 BCE – 100 CE Stone masonry, sandstone on dome.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist, Late Sunga Dynasty c. 300 BCE – 100 CE

Stone masonry, sandstone on dome

The Silk Road 300 BCE – 100 CE

Jowo RinpocheEnshrined in the Jokhang Temple. Lhasa, Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty.

Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 CE Gilt metal with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint. Various offerings

Bamiyan Buddha, Afghanistan. Ghandharan. C. 400-800 CE Destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban

Longmen Caves, Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty 493-1127 C.E

Todai-ji. Nara, Japan. Various artists, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School. 743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramic-tile roofing

Lakshmana Temple. Khajuro, India. Hindu Chandella Dynasty c. 930-950 C.E. Sandstone

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Najaraja)Hindu. India, Chola Dynasty c. 11th Century Cast bronze

Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Churning of the Ocean of Milk (detail), Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1116-1150