Art

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