Art

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