Art

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