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    A sutra mound (経塚, kyōzuka) is an archaeological site where sūtras were buried underground. In Japanese Buddhism, it is a type of good deed, and was done...
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    Ichinomiya Sutra Mound Excavated Items (伯耆一宮経塚出土品) Sutra Mound Recovered artifacts from the Sutra Mound Recovered artifacts from the Sutra Mound Komainu...
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  • Ennenjiyama Sutra Mound (円念寺山経塚) is actually a cluster of 24 sutra mounds, making it the latest such cluster yet discovered in the Hokuriku region. The sutra containers...
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    The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and...
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    Shinto priest makes offerings to the waterfall in a ritual. In 1918, a Sutra mound was excavated at the base of the waterfall and found to contain many...
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    contains numerous National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties. The sutra mounds found on Mount Asama behind the temple were designated a National Historic...
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  • The Beizanji Sutra Mounds (米山寺経塚群, Beizanji kyōzuka-gun) is a Kamakura period archaeological site located in what is now part of the city of Sukagawa,...
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    single entries. Most of the items have been excavated from tombs, kofun, sutra mounds or other archaeological sites. The materials are housed in museums (32)...
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    fittings and Sutra cylinders. These are now displayed in the Ryuhoden (“Treasure Hall”), located next to the Pagoda. These Sutra mounds were created by...
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    Heian period, a sutra mound was established on the summit of this tumulus. Artifacts recovered from this sutra mound, including sutra containers and two...
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    temple converted to the Tendai sect when Ennin visied the region. A sutra mound in the temple grounds was found to contain a cylinder with an inscription...
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  • (Japanese: なくなった日記の段) 4 November 1994 (1994-11-04) 26 73 "The Mysterious sutra mound" Transliteration: "Nazo no Kyōzuka no Dan" (Japanese: 謎の経塚の段)...
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    Kankali Tila (redirect from Jaini mound)
    Tila (also Kankali mound or Jaini mound) is a mound located at Mathura in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The name of the mound is derived from a modern...
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    Suzu ware large jar, Heian period, 12th century, excavated from Sekiyama-jinja sutra mound, Myōkō, Niigata...
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  • Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, there was a mound called "Kyouzuka" (経塚, "sutra mound" or 狂塚, "insanity mound"), where there were once 7 brutal mountain...
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  • 776510 (Tokyo National Museum) [1] Excavated Artefacts from Kii Ōji Jinja Sutra Mound 紀伊王子神社経塚出土品 Kii Ōji Jinja kyōzuka shutsudo hin Heian period Hidaka Nyakuichiōji...
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    converted to a Nichiren temple. Central Gate, 1647 Remains of Asahimori sutra mound, 1276 Stone treasure pagoda, 1407 Inscribed hōkyō “stone flag” pagoda...
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  • (Japanese: なくなった日記の段) 4 November 1994 (1994-11-04) 26 73 "The Mysterious sutra mound" Transliteration: "Nazo no Kyōzuka no Dan" (Japanese: 謎の経塚の段)...
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    are completely underground. Items produced included pots, bowls, mortars, sutra containers and Buddhist statues, and water containers. "Suzu Ware".[dead...
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  • / 34.29; 135.58 (Ōhata Saizō Katsuyoshi Grave) Suda Hachiman Jinja Sutra Mound 隅田八幡神社経塚 Suda Hachiman Jinja kyōzuka Hashimoto 34°20′01″N 135°38′45″E...
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    Peony Garden Uzumine Shōnindan temple ruins Sukagawa Ichirizuka Beizanji Sutra Mounds Fujinuma Dam Taimatsu Akashi Festival Luoyang, China, Friendship city...
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  • 4 February 2015. 伊予国奈良原山経塚出土品 [Excavated Artefacts from Narabarayama Sutra Mound] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ehime Prefectural Board of Education. Retrieved...
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  • Takinomiya Sutra Mound 滝の宮経塚 Takinomiya kyōzuka Mima 34°03′30″N 134°03′18″E / 34.058384°N 134.055068°E / 34.058384; 134.055068 (Takinomiya Sutra Mound) Inubushi...
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    for temple foundations, and subsequently excavated from tombs, kofun, sutra mounds, or other archaeological sites. The oldest items are stone tools from...
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    and at the top of the mountain there was a group of megaliths. Many sutra mounds have been found in archaeological excavations on the summit. Five main...
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    made ichinomiya of the province. Artifacts excavated from the shrine's Sutra mound date to the year 1103, and are collectively designated as a National...
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  • Jinja Sutra Mound 御山神社経塚 Ōyama Jinja kyōzuka Abu 34°34′49″N 131°33′33″E / 34.580154°N 131.559134°E / 34.580154; 131.559134 (Ōyama Jinja Sutra Mound) [40]...
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  • Sakihama Sutra Mound 佐喜浜の経塚 Sakihama no kyōzuka Muroto 33°23′39″N 134°12′16″E / 33.394172°N 134.204361°E / 33.394172; 134.204361 (Sakihama Sutra Mound) [17]...
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  • 135.784567 (Yakushiji) [7] Artefacts excavated from the Hachigatamine Sutra Mound, Iki Province 壱岐形嶺経塚出土品 Iki Hachigatamine kyōzuka shutsudo-hin 1071 Nara...
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  • Myōraku-ji Sutra Mound 妙楽寺経塚 Myōrakuji kyōzuka Usuki 33°30′08″N 131°17′49″E / 33.502174°N 131.296808°E / 33.502174; 131.296808 (Myōrakuji Sutra Mound) Nakatsu...
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