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Thousand Buddha Pillar
Thousand Buddha Pillar
 
Thousand Buddha Pillar
 

Thousand Buddha Pillar

CHINA; Northern Dynasties (386–581); Limestone; H: 200 cm; National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Several sutras including Thousand Buddhas of the Past Kalpa Sutra, Thousand Buddhas of the Present Kalpa Sutra, and the Thousand Buddhas of the Future Kalpa Sutra record the existence of innumerable Buddhas, of the past and of the future, who are usually covered by the phrase Thousand Buddhas. " Representations of the Buddhas are not necessarily numerically exact