Ganesha Madhya Pradesh, India 11th century
Attendant Figure to Vaishravana Stupa Chakpori Medical College Tibet 1905 L. Austine Waddell
Chorten constructed in the memory of Kunga Drolchok (1507–1566) Namgyal Monastery; Mustang, Nepal ca. 1568
Design for Grand Maitreya Project, work-in-progress near Ulaanbaatar
Cover of a Prajnaparamita manuscript Newar, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal dated 1054
Detail of Fountain outside Bhaktapur Palace, showing sculpted stone spout Bhaktapur, Nepal 1688
Elephant-skin drum with stone base inside Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prosperity) China Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Fragmentary page from a Prajnaparamita Sutra manuscript Toling 11th century
Garudasana Vishnu Changu Narayan Temple; Nepal ca. 7th–8th century
Pancharaksha (Five Protections ) illuminated manuscriptNepal 1138 Sri Ananda Buddhi, Nepalese (b. 12th century)
Gopichandra Monastery (Pintu Bahi) Patan, Nepal 2018
Halo with etched Buddha at Awakening and Attendants Kashmir ca. 720
Ikh Khüree Naadam Mongolia 1966 D. Damdinsüren (Mongolian, 1909-1984)
Incense burner with Yongle-period inscription in Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit China 15th century; Yongle reign (1402–1424)
Installation work in the exhibition Keepers of the Water Lhasa 1996 Gade (b. 1971, Lhasa)
Kalachakra (Dechingalba) Temple in Yekhe Khüriye Monastery Mongolia late 19th century
Lama Zhang Tangut Xixia 1032–1227
Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India Bodhgaya, India
Mahabuddha Temple Patan, Nepal 1564–1601
Major Events of the Buddha’s Life Northeastern India 12th century
Mandala of the Sun God Surya Surrounded by Eight Planetary Deities Nepal likely 1379
Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom Tibet 11th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of a Stupa Molded in the Round Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of the “Descent from Heaven” Guge, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
One Hundred and Eight Stupas arranged in a triangular shape on the hill China period (1038–1227)
One of three striped carnivores carved on a boulder Alchi, Ladakh, India Iron Age (ca. 700–100 BCE)
Painting of Temples and Monasteries of Lhasa Kham region, eastern Tibet 1900–1920
Panjaranatha Mahakala Tibet 15th century
Panoramic View of Mount Wutai Mogao Cave 61, Dunhuang, northwestern Gansu Province, China ca. 948
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Gandhara 2nd–3rd century
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Swat 7th century
Pensive Avalokiteshvara on the back of Maitreya Statue Yecheng, Hebei Province 547
Prajnaparamita with Devotees; folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript (The Perfection of Wisdom) Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th century
Red Temple (Dukhang) Toling, western Tibet founded 996
Russian Consulate and Holy Trinity Church Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia 1912 Ivan Korostovets (Russian, 1862–1933)
Seated Buddha Flanked by Maitreya and Avalokiteśvara Palola Shahi Kingdom April 23, 715
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Bangemudha Tole, Kathmandu, Nepal 5th–6th century
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Naka Bahi, Patan, Nepal 10th century
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Northern Asoka Stupa, Patan, Nepal ca. 9th century
Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Ravangla, Sikkim, India 2013
Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India 2015
Statue of Shiva Solophok Hill, Namchi, Sikkim, India 2011
Stone carving of twenty-one buddhas and two bodhisattvas Manthal village of Skardu, Pakistan ca. late 8th century
Stone relief on a wall of Qianlong’s underground tomb Yuling 裕陵 Mausoleum, Eastern Tombs
The Buddha’s Footprints and Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara Tibet 10–11th century
The Great Stupa Alchi, Ladakh, India ca. 1220 or later
The Ninth Panchen Lama hanging on a pillar in Lhakhang, Lukhil Monastery, Likir Village, Ladakh, India Unknown photographer and artist
The Potala and the Principal Monuments of Central Tibet Tibet 19th century
Tsatsa Representing the Stupa with Many Doors Western Tibet ca. 11th century
Turquoise Bridge Lhasa 1951 Tse Ten Tashi
Ushnishavijaya Nalanda, Bihar, India ca. 11th–12th century
Vajracharya Priest’s Crown Nepal dated 1145
Vasudhara and Entourage Zhelre Lhakhang, Jokhang Temple; Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 11th century
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple Chengde, China 1767–1771
White Stupa, known as Precious Stupa of Great Compassion and Longevity, and its surroundings Great Precious Stupa Cloister Monastery; Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province, China 1301, renovated in 1407
Wutasi, the Five Pagoda Temple Höhhot, Inner Mongolia 1732
Xijindu Stupa Gate Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province dated 1311
Zhenjue Temple, the Five Pagoda Temple Beijing, China 1473
“Long Live the Emperor” Tablet Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prospertity), Quantsi; Drotsang, Tsongka, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (present-day Ledu county, Qinghai Province, China) 1427
Avalokiteshvara Kashmir early 11th century
Avalokiteshvara seated in the Maharajajila posture China ca. 10th–13th century
Baruun Örgöö, Abatai Khan’s Yurt in Yekhe Khüriye Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia late 19th century Aleksei Pozdneev (Russian, 1851–1920)
Bat-Tsagaan Assembly Hall Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia mid-17th century Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Birth of Buddha Swayambhu, Nepal Shah period, 20th century
Birth of Buddha Lumbini, Nepal late Varman period, 3rd–4th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara/Padmapani Arabkhanchina; Swat Kingdom (present-day Swat District, Pakistan) 7th–8th century
Buddha Shakyamuni Rajarajeshvari Ghat, Pashupatinatha, Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 10th century
Buddha Vairochana Bimda Temple; near Jyekundo (present-day Qinghai Province, China) 806
Project Himalayan Art
