Art

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