The Seated Buddha from Gandhara is an early surviving statue of the Buddha discovered at the site of Jamal Garhi in ancient Gandhara in modern-day Pakistan...
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India Emerald Buddha, in Thailand Gatbawi, in South Korea Karumadikkuttan, in India Phra Phuttha Sihing, in Thailand Seated Buddha from Gandhara, in Pakistan...
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50-100 CE. Buddha Preaching in Tushita Heaven. Amaravati, Satavahana period, 2nd century CE. Indian Museum, Kolkata. Standing Buddha from Gandhara. The Berenike...
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Brussels Buddha (Inscribed "Year 5") The Brussels Buddha is a famous Buddha statue from the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara. It is named after the first...
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Greco-Buddhist art (redirect from Gandhara Art)
surviving devotional images of the Buddha were created during the 1st-3rd centuries CE. Gandhara art reached its zenith from the 3rd-5th century CE, when most...
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Preaching Buddha may refer to: Seated Buddha from Gandhara, a 2nd- or 3rd-century Gandharan sculpture from Jamal Garhi, in modern-day Pakistan Buddha Preaching...
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Hadda Bodhisattva seated in meditation Marine deities, Gandhara The Seated Buddha, dating from 300 to 500 CE, was found near Jamal Garhi, and is now on...
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Buddha's left upper tooth between his clothes while distributing the relics. Seeing how the tooth was hidden in the garment, a resident from Gandhara...
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seated Bodhisattva belongs to the category of the "Seated Buddha triads", which can be seen contemporaneously in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara and...
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this form part of the rituals celebrating Buddha's birthday or Vesak in many countries. Kushan dynasty, Gandhara. At right two female Nāgas stand ready for...
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destruction of the Buddhas. The statues represented a later evolution of the classic blended style of Greco-Buddhist art at Gandhara. The larger statue...
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Dürer's Rhinoceros (category Use dmy dates from November 2022)
Another live rhinoceros was not seen again in Europe until Abada arrived from India to the court of Sebastian of Portugal in 1577. Dürer's woodcut is not...
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Art of Mathura (category Articles with dead external links from July 2023)
Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara seems to have had little to no influence. Apart from the seated Buddha triads of Mathura, several seated Buddha triads in an elaborate...
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showing the person of Buddha except by symbols and relics. This changed, and figures of the Buddha became very common in the art of Gandhara and Gupta art. As...
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Jamal Garhi (category Gandhara)
Series of Indo-Corinthian capitals from Jamal Garhi. Indo-Corinthian capitals from Jamal Garhi. Seated Buddha from Gandhara, which was also found at the site...
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Amitābha (redirect from Amitabha Buddha)
Amitābha (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐmɪˈtaːbʱɐ]) is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism. He is also known as Amitāyus, which is understood to be...
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Buddhahood (redirect from Samyaksam-Buddha)
Lotus position Buddha seated on a throne The Reclining Buddha (usually depicts his final nirvana) The Standing Buddha A walking Buddha with one step forward...
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Kushan art (category Use dmy dates from May 2021)
prince, said to be Huvishka (150–180 CE), Gandhara art. Painting of a Kushan ruler (probably Huvishka, seated) and attendants, Bactria, 74-258 CE. Kushan...
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Kanishka (category Articles with unsourced statements from December 2010)
later Buddha statues of Gandhara. In general, the representation of the Buddha on these coins is already highly symbolic, and quite distinct from the more...
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Buddhism (redirect from Buddha Dharma)
also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering...
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A History of the World in 100 Objects (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
I've chosen just a hundred objects from different points on our journey, from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a Stone Age tool to a credit card...
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Mahajanapadas (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
and republics that had developed and flourished in a belt stretching from Gandhara in the northwest to Anga in the east to Asmaka in the southern part...
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Maitreya (redirect from Maitreya Buddha)
art of Gandhara, in the first centuries CE in northern India, Maitreya was the most popular figure to be represented along with Gautama Buddha. Numerous...
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Stupa (category Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from July 2024)
northwest, in the area of Gandhara, with instances such as the Butkara Stupa ("monumentalized" with Hellenistic decorative elements from the 2nd century BCE)...
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Mudra (category Articles with unsourced statements from November 2023)
naturally curved. In India, varada mudra is used by both seated and standing figures, of Buddha and boddhisattvas and other figures, and in Hindu art is...
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sculptures found in Gandhara. Head of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, facing (4th-5th century), probably Hadda, Tapa Shotor. Attendants to the Buddha, Tapa Shotor (Niche...
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Buddhist art (redirect from Images of Buddha)
representations of Buddha was essentially a result of a local evolution of Buddhist art at Mathura, or a consequence of Greek cultural influence in Gandhara through...
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that the Buddha's powers were greater than Baka Brahma's. In a Pali commentary, the ascetic Pilindavaccha was in possession of the "Lesser Gandhāra Charm"...
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Dragon Hall, showing a seated Buddha Maitreya flanked by two Bodhisattvas Praying monks and nuns in the temple with laypeople seated behind them in the Hundred...
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University of ancient Taxila (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Viśvavidyālaya) was an ancient higher-learning institution in Taxila, Gandhara, in present-day Punjab, Indian Subcontinent, near the bank of the Indus...
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