Statue of Tara
AD 700-900 · Resource
A near-life-size gilt-bronze figure of the Buddhist goddess Tara, cast by the lost-wax process in Anuradhapura-period Sri Lanka. A peak of Sinhalese Mahayana Buddhist bronze sculpture.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 800
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Reconquista (722)
- Viking Age (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)