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Dear Vector Prime, I know the answer to this question likely varies throughout the multiverse, but where are countries such as Carbombya, Kalistan, Trans-Carpathia, Nanzhao, Brasnya, and Benzheen located? I'm specifically looking for their locations in the IDW 2005 universe.

Dear Country Confused,

While a lot of things vary throughout the multiverse, I can confirm that most of these countries and regions are located on Earth.

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Decorative Sunday

Published in Boston by Shambhala Publications in 2000, The Buddha Scroll is a twenty-first century facsimile of an eighteenth-century reproduction of a twelfth-century work. This accordion-fold book folds out to replicate the 36-foot Qing dynasty scroll, painted by Ding Guanpeng ( 丁觀鵬) in 1767. Ding Guanpeng was commissioned by Emperor Gaozong of Qing to reproduce the Pictorial of Buddhist Icons, completed in 1180 by Zhang Shengwen of the Kingdom of Dali (present day Yunnan Province) after the original work was found water damaged and mismounted.

The Kingdom of Dali and it’s predecessor Nanzhao were situated between Tibet and China and encompassed many ethnic and linguistic groups. Translator Thomas Cleary, who contributed an introduction to the scroll as well as a key to the figures found in the scroll, writes that the depictions in the scroll “reflect the syncretic cultural background of its original model, representing a whole range of Buddhism … it is an unusually eclectic work of art, illustrating the continuity of the many currents that form the great ocean of Buddhism.”

The Buddha Scroll was a gift of Dick Schoen. 

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-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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