Explore: Korean Buddhist Inscriptions

minor inscriptions tend to precede the larger ones, while rock inscriptions generally seem to have been started earlier than the pillar inscriptions: Minor

Korean Buddhist sculpture is one of the major areas of Korean art. Buddhism, a religion originating in what is now India, was transmitted to Korea via

regarded as the greatest king in Korean history, and is remembered for the creation of Hangul, the native alphabet of the Korean language. Sejong was born the

Buddhist temples and shrines. Korean Buddhist art generally reflects an interaction between other Buddhist influences and a strongly original Korean culture

to Nalanda are corroborated by the numerous Buddhist and Hindu seals, artwork, iconography and inscriptions discovered at Nalanda, which are in the Gupta-style

427 AD. The inscriptions found here proclaim that Changsu was the chief monk who conducted the rites at the tomb and also in the Buddhist monastery nearby

Old Korean is the first historically documented stage of the Korean language, typified by the language of the Unified Silla period (668–935). The boundaries

comes from his inscriptions, other inscriptions that mention him or are possibly from his reign, and ancient literature, especially Buddhist texts. These

Haeinsa (Korean: 해인사) is a Buddhist temple in Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the head temple of the Jogye Order of

Tongdosa (Korean: 통도사; lit. Salvation of the World through Mastery of Truth) is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and in the southern