Art

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