Buddhist Art crossword

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Across
  1. 4. material that Mathura sculptures are commonly made of
  2. 7. Maurya emperor that converted to Buddhism and greatly spread it
  3. 8. Chinese monk who wrote about his journey across Asia to collect and translate Buddhist texts
  4. 9. site of 26-30 cave sanctuaries in a horseshoe shaped cliff
  5. 11. 4th – 7th century Indian empire
  6. 13. a process in which we can view art by moving around it and viewing it from every angle
  7. 14. end goal of the buddhist theology, the end of the cycle of rebirth and enlightenment
Down
  1. 1. stories of the Buddha’s former lives
  2. 2. eternal cycle of rebirth
  3. 3. individual near Buddhahood but delays it to help others from suffering
  4. 5. “Great Vehicle” school of Buddhism that considers Buddha a transcendental being and includes bodhisattvas
  5. 6. sculpted female figures which influenced Maya’s portrayal
  6. 10. holy burial grounds of reliquary, created by a mound of dirt
  7. 12. half-human, half-snake beings