Art

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