Rawak Stupa, near Hotan
Описание
Rawak is the ruins of an ancient magnificent Buddhist stupa, about 60 km northeast of central Hotan in southern Xinjiang, China.
Stupa = "a funerary monument in the shape of a dome or pyramid, containing a relic of a Buddha or some other objects of veneration; a meditation support symbolizing the formless body of the Buddha and the essential structure of the cosmos."
The 9-meter eroded stupa is all that is visible in what was likely a Buddhist temple complex. It was built in the third or fourth century C.E. when the Kingdom of Khotan was a leading center of Buddhist learning. It was was abandoned by the fourth to seventh century, likely due to climate change and a decrease in trade along the Silk Road between the Han dynasty and Tang dynasty in China. Explorer Christoph Baumer, in his book "Southern Silk Road," calls it "one of the most remarkable constructions of ... and the best preserved Buddhist sanctuary on the Southern Silk Road."
Explorer M. Aurel Stein unearthed nearly a hundred stucco statues here. These have, unfortunately, all been destroyed by being exposed to the air or by later treasure hunters seeking possible gold or jewels inside. Based on the statues found, it seems there were originally almost 500 larger-than-life-size Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the temple.
See an image of Rawak Stupa here:
Read about Stein's discovery of the Rawak Stupa in his 1901 book, Ancient Khotan, here:
See Stein's diagram of the Rawak Stupa here:
See photographs of the sculptures found on Rawak, which were destroyed by treasure hunters since the discovery, here, in figures 3.64a and 3.64b in Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia:
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