Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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The Fasting #Buddha
c 3rd cent. AD #Sculpture from the Ancient region (probably #Taxila) of #Gandhara in #Afghanistan & now at #Lahore Museum #Pakistan
An Excellent Example of #Buddhist Workmanship of #AncientIndia
Note, the Sunken Eyes, Neck, Midribs, Veins & Blood Vessels, all Carved into Stone!
The Buddha is known to have Practised Extreme Forms of Fasting which led to His Emancipation and to have Abandoned it before His Great Awakening.
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