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    The Kanishka casket or Kanishka reliquary, is a Buddhist reliquary made in gilded copper, and dated to the first year of the reign of the Kushan emperor...
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    Kanishka I (Sanskrit: कनिष्क, Kaniṣka; Greco-Bactrian:Κανηϸκε Kaniške; Kharosthi: 𐨐𐨞𐨁𐨮𐨿𐨐 Ka-ṇi-ṣka; Brahmi: Kā-ṇi-ṣka), Kanishka or Kanishka the...
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    David Brainard Spooner, and led to the discovery in its base of the Kanishka casket, a six-sided rock crystal reliquary containing three small fragments...
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    leading to the identification of the Kanishka stupa dated to the 2nd century CE, and the discovery of the Kanishka casket. Spooner published a paper following...
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    on the Bimaran casket. Vedic deity Indra on the Bimaran casket. Detail of hamsa goose Detail of a Bodhisattva (see halo). Kanishka casket "The Bimaran Reliquary...
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  • dictionary. Kanishka (c. AD 127–163) was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty. Kanishka, Kaniska or Kaniška may also refer to: Kanishka casket, a Buddhist...
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    these ten portions was placed in a reliquary (such as the Kanishka casket or the Bimaran casket) and buried in a tumulus. These tumuli have been expanded...
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    the Buddha, Brahma and Indra. The "Kanishka casket," with the Buddha surrounded by Brahma and Indra, and Kanishka on the lower part, AD 127. Buddha triad...
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    these ten portions was placed in a reliquary (such as the Kanishka casket or the Bimaran casket) and buried in a tumulus. These tumuli have been expanded...
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    very early excavated reliquaries are the 1st-century Bimaran Casket and the Kanishka Casket of 127 AD, both believed to have contained part of the cremated...
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    and right. 2nd century Gandhara. The "Kanishka casket," with the Buddha surrounded by Brahma and Indra, and Kanishka on the lower part, 127 CE. A seated...
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    as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in the ancient...
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    Hamsa. Hamsa border on the Kanishka casket, 2nd century CE Hamsa birds between the architectural spires on the Bimaran casket, 1st century CE Saraswati...
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    Bronze Hu Jade terrapin from Allahabad Kakiemon elephants Kang Hou gui Kanishka casket Klang Bell Kulu Vase Mathura lion capital Percival David Foundation...
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    branch of which was known as the Kushans. By the time of his grandson, Kanishka the Great, the empire spread to encompass much of Afghanistan and the northern...
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    Kanishka Casket, 127, Kushan Empire (now Pakistan), gilded copper reliquary Bimaran casket, 1st century, Afghanistan, gold reliquary Brescia Casket,...
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    The Kanishka casket, dated to the first year of Kanishka's reign in 127, was signed by a Greek artist named Agesilas, who oversaw work at Kanishka's stupas...
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    through his generals. His immediate successors were the fabled Hindu kings: Kanishka, Huvishka, and Vasushka or Vasudeva, of whom the first reigned over a territory...
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    felt entitled to do. Ra with solar disc, before 1235 BC The Kushan Kanishka casket of 127, with (left to right) Brahma, the Buddha and Indra Northern...
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    where inscriptions have been found dating to the era of the Kushan emperor Kanishka the Great. The Kushans were most probably one of five branches of the Yuezhi...
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    The Bajaur casket, also called the Indravarma reliquary, year 63, or sometimes referred to as the Avaca inscription, is an ancient reliquary from the area...
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    "Kanishka casket", dated to the first year of Kanishka's reign in 127 CE, was signed by a Greek artist named Agesilas, who oversaw work at Kanishka's stupas...
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    disuse after the creation of the Kanishka era, the Kanishka era being used exclusively in inscriptions on relic caskets from the 18th year of his reign...
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    of the Buddha, after the Bimaran casket (1st century CE), and at about the same time as the Buddhist coins of Kanishka. The two devotees on the right side...
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    Bronze Hu Jade terrapin from Allahabad Kakiemon elephants Kang Hou gui Kanishka casket Klang Bell Kulu Vase Mathura lion capital Percival David Foundation...
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    Kimbell seated Bodhisattva ("Year 4 of the Great King Kanishka") The Kimbell seated Bodhisattva is a statue of a "bodhisattva" (probably the Buddha after...
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  • Bronze Hu Jade terrapin from Allahabad Kakiemon elephants Kang Hou gui Kanishka casket Klang Bell Kulu Vase Mathura lion capital Percival David Foundation...
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    Bronze Hu Jade terrapin from Allahabad Kakiemon elephants Kang Hou gui Kanishka casket Klang Bell Kulu Vase Mathura lion capital Percival David Foundation...
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    Bronze Hu Jade terrapin from Allahabad Kakiemon elephants Kang Hou gui Kanishka casket Klang Bell Kulu Vase Mathura lion capital Percival David Foundation...
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  • Esala Perahera Kangan Giin Kang Senghui Kangyur Kanheri Caves Kanishka Kanishka casket Kanishka Stupa Kanthaka Kapilavatthu Philip Kapleau Kappiya Kargah...
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