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The following is a list of statues of Siddhartha Gautama and other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas by country of origin.

India

Statue Name	Depicts	Location	Date	Reference
Buddha Preaching his First Sermon	Gautama Buddha	Sarnath Museum, Uttar Pradesh^[a]	5th Century CE	^[1]
Buddha Statue of Hyderabad	Gautama Buddha	Gibraltar Rock, Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad, Telangana	December 1, 1992	^[2]
Buddha statue of Vasudeva I	Gautama Buddha	Government Museum, Mathura, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh	c. 220 CE	^[3]
Dhyana Buddha statue	Gautama Buddha	Amaravathi, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh	2015	^[4]
Great Buddha	Gautama Buddha	Bodh Gaya, Bihar	November 18, 1982	^[5]

Japan

Statue Name	Depicts	Location	Date	Reference
Asuka Great Buddha	Gautama Buddha	Takaichi District, Nara Prefecture	Early 17th century	^[6]
Gifu Great Buddha	Unknown	Shōhō-ji, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture	April 1832	^[7]
Kamagaya Great Buddha	Unknown	Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture	November 1776	^[8]

Notes

^ Discovered in Sarnath before being put in the Sarnath Museum

References

^ Eck, Diana L. (1982), Banāras, City of Light, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, p. 63, ISBN 0-394-51971-X, In the most famous of these images in the Sarnath museum, the Buddha sits cross-legged, his limbs in the perfect proportions prescribed by the iconometry of the day, his hands in a teaching pose, his eyes downcast, half-shut in meditation, his head backed by a beautifully ornamented circular nimbus
^ Coll, Steve (9 April 1990). "Buddha of the Lake Bottom". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ Sharma, R.C. (1994). The Splendour of Mathura Art and Museum. D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. p. 140.
^ "Dhyana Buddha project: a lone man's crusade". The Hindu. 2011-11-13. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
^ "Buddhist devotees participate in 20th anniversary celebrations of Buddha statue in Gaya". Thaindian News. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019.
^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
^ "Gifu Great Buddha". Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau.
^ "Kamagaya Great Buddha". Yokoso! Japan. English & Japanese. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

[1] Discovered in Sarnath before being put in the Sarnath Museum

[2] Eck, Diana L. (1982), Banāras, City of Light, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, p. 63, ISBN 0-394-51971-X, In the most famous of these images in the Sarnath museum, the Buddha sits cross-legged, his limbs in the perfect proportions prescribed by the iconometry of the day, his hands in a teaching pose, his eyes downcast, half-shut in meditation, his head backed by a beautifully ornamented circular nimbus

[3] Coll, Steve (9 April 1990). "Buddha of the Lake Bottom". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

[4] Sharma, R.C. (1994). The Splendour of Mathura Art and Museum. D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. p. 140.

[5] "Dhyana Buddha project: a lone man's crusade". The Hindu. 2011-11-13. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

[6] "Buddhist devotees participate in 20th anniversary celebrations of Buddha statue in Gaya". Thaindian News. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019.

[7] "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2011.

[8] "Gifu Great Buddha". Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau.

[9] "Kamagaya Great Buddha". Yokoso! Japan. English & Japanese. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

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