Buddha statues

       Sultan praised the Museum Baddarudin II, there are relics of the kingdom of Sriwijaya statue Buddhist statues found around Mount Siguntang in the 1920's has a size of 277 cm.

 

Buddha statues
When as they are found not only intact but the head alone, which was then stored at the National Museum Jakarta.

Several months later the body was found, and then united with the its head.Way making it follow the style of Buddhist statues Amarawati art which flourished in southern India in the II-V century AD, through the findings dating according comparison with other profiles on the Mount Siguntang, this statue is estimated to derived from the VII-VIII century AD.

 Archa Buddha is made of granite that are found on the Bangka Island. Because of that, statue was made by local people, not imported from India.Art style until the job center in Palembang as Sriwijaya through the relationship of religion, Style (art style) Amarawati seen from the drawing area of the Buddhist Siguntang Hill transparent robes that covered her shouler,curly-haired,sanggul (usnisa) and there are sphere having theirforeheads (urna).
                                                                                                              By_Dian Karlina 2 BIB