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Karin Oen | PhD student, HTC@MIT | 4.696 Global History of Arch
BCE – 9th c. CE
*Slide: Lascaux
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devotion.
*Slide: Part I
*Slide: “ L and and Sea Routes btw India and the West ”
Dating to about 2000 BCE, this site, the tombs of Khety and
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Karin Oen | PhD student, HTC@MIT | 4.696 Global History of Arch
BCE, th
the 4 c BCE until it wasthconquered by Alexander the Great
urban center.
along the Silk Road since ancient times. It had been ath
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building, was built around the 1st c. BCE, and relied upon
commercial functions.
time.
showing the many trade routes associated with the Silk Road,
st
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Karin Oen | PhD student, HTC@MIT | 4.696 Global History of Arch
Dunhuang
are 30 caves cut out along the steep sides of the horseshoe-
2nd century BCE to the 7th century CE, mainly in two distinct
phases.
th
second phase took place from the middle of the 5 century
stupa at Sanchi.
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Karin Oen | PhD student, HTC@MIT | 4.696 Global History of Arch
this period seems to have taken place from the last half of
the 5th century to the first half of the 6th century, with the
state th
approximately 1000 years later by British troops in
the 19 century.1
mural painting and sculpture from this time period that are
*Slide: Cave 10
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Dust in the Wind: Retracing the steps of Dharma Master
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Karin Oen | PhD student, HTC@MIT | 4.696 Global History of Arch
and from top down, eliminating the need for scaffolding. The
Stupa •
of circumambulation rituals.
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*Slide: Xuanzang
*Slide: Kizil
being the chaitya and the vihara. Unlike the Indian model,
be called a central-stupa-pillar.
38. As you can see on the plan and section, the pillar,
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would pass between these two worlds, and then upon leaving
In Ajanta cave 17, built around the 5th century and roughly
*Slide: Dunhuang
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*Slide: Yungang
The last example I will show you is from still further east,
variations on
th
the theme of the excavated temple occurred
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