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)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reconquista (722)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- Founding of Baghdad (762)
- House of Wisdom (830)
- Founding of Kievan Rus' (862)