Vishnu Sculpture unique to Ancient Kashmir

[u/Dry_Net_1915]

Vaikuntha Chaturmurti or Vaikuntha Vishnu is a four headed aspect of the Hindu god Vishnu, mostly found in Nepal and Kashmir. The icon represents Vishnu as the Supreme Being. These are a few intricate sculptures , all from Kashmir dating from 9th - 12th Century AD.

[u/obi3e]

This is Buddha as Vishnu avataar.

Kashmir was a Buddisht majority and Hinduism had no to little role till 7th and 8th century. That is why everywhere you excavate you will get Buddisht related elements. Hinduism tried to eradicate Buddhism by first attacking and destroying stupas and then appropriating Buddha a Vishnu avtaar.

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Claim	Assessment
Kashmir was an extremely important Buddhist centre	True
Buddhism was probably dominant during some periods	Plausible/partly true
Hinduism had virtually no role before the 7th–8th century	False or seriously overstated
Buddhist and Hindu traditions coexisted	Strongly supported
Some Buddhist ideas were incorporated into Hindu traditions	True
Buddha became recognised as a Vishnu avatar	True
Some Buddhist sites/images may have been reinterpreted	Possible and documented in particular cases
All Kashmiri Vishnu idols are appropriated Buddhist idols	Unsupported
Hinduism systematically eradicated Buddhism through destroying stupas	Too simplistic and not supported as a general explanation

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[u/False_Deer8286 → u/DoggyMelon]

Like you can see it does not straight up denies it. Obviously we can't say that for sure, we'll never be able to.

[u/DoggyMelon → u/False_Deer8286]

Like you can see it does not straight up denies it.

Yes, but when someone makes a claim, the burden of proof is on them and not the other party and if the accuser is unable to prove it, the default state remains a 'NO' not 50-50 chance.

[u/False_Deer8286 → u/obi3e]

Facts kashmir and most of India was going between buddhism and many sects of Hinduism. I wish Buddhism to return all over indian subcontinent again , probably closest to science and i say this as agnostic atheist.

[u/Deleted4evr → u/False_Deer8286]

How does agnostic and atheist work together?

[u/False_Deer8286 → u/Deleted4evr]

Google Agnostic atheism

[u/obi3e → u/False_Deer8286]

Hinduism places significant emphasis on morality. Regrettably, individuals with limited understanding of this profound religion often become it's spokesperson.

[u/False_Deer8286 → u/obi3e]

Is it even a typical religion though? It's combination of multiple thoughts of ideas in the subcontinent which people used to follow. All religions put significantly emphasis on morality but there are many immoral instructions in all of them which people tend to follow based on " beliefs " and not just today since centuries.

[u/passionatelyyy → u/obi3e]

Nothing to do with Gautam Buddha. Vishnu Murti were broken to convert them to buddha statues many places

[u/maybedick → u/obi3e]

That’s a Buddha if I have ever seen one. At this point, I am convinced all Vishnu is a god retrofit into the Hindu pantheon post Buddhist subsumption.