Art

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