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One of these figures stands under an arch in contrapposto style in a Greek-inspired depiction on a casket made from gold and inlaid rubies. One of these figures appears seated in a red sandstone sculpture from Lèshān (20[1])(“luh-shan”) that is the tallest pre-modern (20[1])sculpture (20[1])in the world. (20[1]0[1])These figures are (20[1])centrally positioned on the Bimaran casket, and their (20[1])lives are depicted in caves (0[1])in a horseshoe shape at Ajanta. One of these (20[1]0[1])figures was depicted in a (0[1])180-foot-tall (20[2])statue (20[1])hewn (20[1])from a sandstone cliff in (*) Bamiyan, (10[5]0[1])and destroyed (10[5])along with its companion piece by the Taliban. (10[4])These figures are often depicted touching the ground in mudras. (10[2])In Ayutthaya, the sculpted head of one of these figures protrudes from a bodhi tree. (10[1])For 10 points, name these religious figures, the first of whom was Siddhārtha Gautama. (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Buddhas [accept buddhatva or buddhatta or buddhabhāva; accept Siddhārtha Gautama before mention]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Fine Arts - Sculpture&gt; ~25716~ &lt;Editor: Chandler West>
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