சோழ நாட்டில் பௌத்தம்

After registering for my M.Phil., in Madurai Kamaraj University during 1993 I decided to visit the Buddha statues exhibited in museums. After seeing the Buddha statues of the Chola country in Thanjavur Art Gallery, Tamil University Museum, Chennai Government Museum and State Archaeology of Government of Tamil Nadu,  I was in search of the Buddha statues which were identified by other scholars. During field study I came to know that some of the statues were missing.  During such a field work I got information about   two new granite Buddhas and one Nagapattinam bronze Buddha.         AYYAMPET  (1999) Nagapattinam Buddha bronze in Ayyampet (1999)  Photo: Dr B Jambulingam After registering  for my research, I started searching Nagapattinam Buddha bronze. Since 1856 more than 350 Buddha bronze statues were found in Nagapattinam. They are exhibited in various museums in and outside India. Though I searched for such a br...