Art

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