Art

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