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The monumental images of the Buddha found in China are often not Siddhartha Gautama, but rather ____
A
the Buddha of the Eastern Pure Land.
B
the Buddha of the Western Pure Land.
C
the Buddha of the Lotus Flower.
D
Mi-lo-fo.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ajanta Cave No. 26 in its interior hall houses a variety of images of Buddha like the Mahaparinibbana image. They are Buddhist Caves and they were used as Chaitya and Vihara. These caves were patronized initially by Satavahanas and later by Vakatakas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pure Land Buddhism (Japanese: , romanized: Jōdo bukkyō; also known as Amidism) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sukhavati, (Sanskrit: literally “Land of Bliss” or “Pure Land of Bliss”; often translated as “Pure Land”) in the Pure Land schools of Mahayana Buddhism, the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha, described in the Pure Land sutras (Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras).

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