A portal to the ancient hieroglyphic script of the Aztec Empire. Vihara, Jharkhand, India Buddha and Buddhist deities " The fascinating world of Aztec glyphic writing, magnifi cently BUDDHIST RETREAT A rchaeologists in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have unearthed a small YLKDUD DQ HDUO\ W\SH RI %XGGKLVW PRQDVWHU\ $ WHDP IURP WKH $UFKDHRORJLFDO 6XUYH\ RI ,QGLD Ī$6,ī LQYHVWLJDWLQJ VHYHUDO PRXQGV LQ D KLOO\ DUHD IRXQG D %XGGKLVW VKULQH LQ RQH RI WKHP DQG WKH YLKDUD LQ DQRWKHU $FFRUGLQJ WR 5DMHQGUD 'HKXUL $6, GHSXW\ VXSHULQWHQGLQJ DUFKDHRORJLVW WKH PRQDVWHU\ LQFOXGHV VL[ URRPV that open onto a wide veranda. Also found at the site were sculptures of Gautama %XGGKD DV ZHOO DV WKH %XGGKLVW GHLWLHV $YDORNLWHVKYDUD DQG 7DUD 7KH VWUXFWXUH appears to have been built between the eighth and eleventh centuries A.D. ħ*859,1'(5 6,1*+ archaeology.org 15 explained by an erudite expert in the ancient art of tlacuilolli. " -María Castañeda De La Paz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicohttp://www.archaeology.org