Art

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