Art

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