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Seokguram

8th century · 8th century

Seokguram is an artificial cave shrine on Mount Toham near Gyeongju, South Korea, built in the mid-8th century under the Unified Silla minister Kim Daeseong. Its domed granite chamber holds a great seated Buddha surrounded by reliefs of bodhisattvas and guardians, a masterpiece of East Asian Buddhist sculpture. It became a World Heritage Site with Bulguksa in 1995.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Seokguram. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/seokguram
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The Epoch Institute. “Seokguram.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/seokguram.
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