Art

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