Helgö Buddha

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The Helgö Buddha is a small Buddha figure of the 6th century Gupta Empire period, found during excavations at the site of a former trading post on the island of Helgö in Sweden. The trading post would have been active from approximately the 3rd through 8th centuries CE; from the beginning of the Migration Period up to the early Viking Age.

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Helgö Buddha
Kaggeholmsvägen, Ekerö kommun

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Kaggeholmsvägen
178 53 Ekerö kommun
Sweden
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