SOME FINDS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SARDAG STORED IN THE STATE HERMITAGE
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https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2019)3(27).-12Keywords:
monastery Sardag, Buddhism, Undur-gegen, archaeology, Tathagats, tiles, architectural fragmentsAbstract
The article describes a small collection of finds from the monastery of Sardag at the head of the river Tola. These finds are surface material collected in the area by P.A. Vitte in 1915. In 1916, all seventy-eight artifacts were transferred to the Hermitage Museum. This material still has not published and introduced into scientific circulation. There are mainly architectural decorations and details, fragments of clay images of Buddhas, and ceramics. It is believed that the forms for clay sculptures of five Tathagats were made by Undur-gegen, and the monastery itself was the nomadic capital of Mongolia for more than one hundred and fifty years. The images of the five Tathagats are very important for Buddhist cosmology, philosophy and iconography. The fragments of the heads of local deities and the tiles of a golden-beige color are particularly interesting. These artifacts date back to the 17th century. The finds are massive archaeological material. Recently, Mongolian archeologists from the Institute of History worked on the ruins of the monastery
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