Stock Photo - 北魏 石雕燃燈佛像（砂岩）, Buddha Dipankara (Diguang), Northern Wei dynasty (386–534), dated 489–95, China, Sandstone with traces of pigment, H. 127 in. (322.6 cm); W. 75 in. (190.5 cm); D. 28 in. (71.1 cm); H. with base: 137 in. (348 cm), Sculpture, The inscription on the back of this stele identifies the Buddha depicted on the front as Dipankara, who was thought to have lived before the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. He is shown here attended by a group of small figures wearing the clothing of the Xianbei, the non–Han Chinese peoples who ruled the Northern Wei dynasty