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发表于 2012-4-6 16:49
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Being an important Buddhist site, Kushinagar had a lot of monasteries and stupas that were dedicated to the Buddha. Most of these religious structures were constructed between 3rd century BC and 5th century AD. For a long time Kushinagar remained lost in the jungles and was unknown to the world till 19th century when the British rediscovered it in 1880. Recent excavations have revealed that a monastic tradition had flourished here for a long time. The remains of ten different monasteries dating from the fourth to the eleventh centuries have been found. Excavations have shown that the original Buddha temple consisted of an oblong hall and antechamber with its entrance facing the west. Large number of bricks with carved surfaces found among the rubbish indicated that the temple had a barrel-vaulted roof not unlike that on the modern temple. The excavations have also unveiled the Matha Kuar and Ramabhar stupa. Most of these monastries and stupas are now enclosed in a park, in the midst of which stands a modern shrine housing a large recumbent figure of the Buddha. The temple known as the Mahaparinirvana Temple was built by the Government of India in 1956 to commemorate the 2,500th year of the Buddha Mahaparinivana or 2500 BE (Buddhist Era). Inside this temple, one can see the famous Reclining Buddha image lying on its right side with the head to the north. The statue is 6.1 m long and rests on a stone couch. On the front of the couch are three sculptures, believed to represent Ven. Ananda near the feet, Ven. Subhadda at the middle and Ven. Dabba Malla at the corner. At the centre is an inscription dating to 5th century AD, which states the statue was "a gift of the monk Haribala of the Mahavihara and was fashioned by Dinna". This 1500-year old reclining Buddha image was executed out of one block of red sandstone brought in from Mathura. It was discovered in 1876 in a dilapidated condition and the scattered fragments were successfully pieced together. Behind this shrine is a large stupa dating from the Gupta age. The Burmese restored this early in this century. Not far away is the Rambhar Stupa, one of the most important landmark of Kushinagar. The stupa is said to have been built on the same spot where Lord Buddha was cremated in 483 BC. Mathakuar Shrine is the place where Lord Buddha had given his last sermon.
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