Art

  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Budai
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Padmasambhava
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
Rectangular Coin

Rectangular Coin

Small and often unassuming coins offer exciting insights into international trade relations. Roman coins have been found in southern India, for instance, Greek ones in north-west India. Finds of coins permit the reconstruction of specific trade routes or entire commercial networks. Gandhara was a centre of Buddhism and a hub that traded in goods from around the world. The region, located in what is now parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, lay along the Silk Roads that connected China with India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.