Home›Buddhist Art›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups artworks by the religion they express. Wikipedia notes that "religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every artwork from one religion together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested450 BCE 1TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2012-12-18 (2)2020-01-01 (2)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition28 entriesHinduismTradition1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Buddhist arttier 2WikipediaWikipedia Buddhist art, lead section, era statementQuote, Wikipedia Buddhist art, lead section, era statementBuddhist art originated in the north of the Indian subcontinent, in modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the earliest survivals dating from a few centuries after the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama from the 6th to 5th century BCE.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.