Arts of the Kushan Empire: The First Buddha Images

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Arts of the Kushan Empire The First Buddha
Images
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Tucker, p. 34
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Sacred Rocks of Hunza along the Karakorum
highway, northern Pakistan
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Sacred Rocks of Hunza along the Karakorum
highway, northern Pakistan
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Head of King Kanishka Sanskrit
inscription Sacred Rocks of Hunza, northern
Pakistan
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Tucker, p. 33
Kushan coins 1st-2nd centuries AD
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Tucker, p. 34
Kushan Boddo coin King Kanishka on obverse 2nd
century AD
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Tucker, p. 37
Red sandstone railing Mathura, 2nd century AD
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Tucker, p. 35
Red sandstone relief Mathura, 2nd century AD
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Tucker, p. 48
Birth of the Buddha Grey schist
frieze Gandhara 2nd-3rd centuries AD
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Tucker, p. 35
King making an offering Grey schist
frieze Gandhara 2nd-3rd centuries AD
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Tucker, p. 207
Buddha in meditation Limestone Bactria 2nd
century AD
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Head of the Buddha Grey schist Gandhara 2nd-3rd
centuries AD
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Tucker, p. 39
Head of the Buddha Stucco Gandhara 4th-5th
centuries AD
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Tucker, p. 48
Head of Layman and Bodhisattva Dark Grey/Black
Schist Gandhara 2nd-3rd centuries AD
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Standing Buddha Grey schist Gandhara 2nd-3rd
centuries AD
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Seated Buddha Grey schist Gandhara 2nd-3rd
centuries AD
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Dhyana Mudra symbolizing meditation for seated
Buddha images
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Vitarka Mudra symbolizing teaching for standing
or seated Buddha images
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Dharmacakra Mudra symbolizing debate for
standing or seated Buddha images
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Abhaya Varada Mudras symbolizing reassurance
and compassion often together for
standing Buddha images
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Bhumisparsa Mudra symbolizing enlightenment for
seated Buddha images
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Standing Bodhisattvas Grey schist Gandhara,
2nd-3rd century AD
Tucker, p. 46
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Tucker, p. 210
Standing Bodhisattva Painted clay Bactria, 3rd
century AD
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Tucker, p. 39
Buddha figures in niches Gandhara 4th-5th
centuries AD
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Large Buddha images flanked by relief
sculptures Stucco Hadda, modern
Afghanistan 3rd-4th century AD
Tucker, p. 50
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view of Bamiyan valley (modern Afghanistan) For
more, go to http//kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.e
du/loststolen/Afghan/bamiyan/bamiyan_overview/inde
x/intro.htm
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Big Buddha at Bamiyan 5th-6th century AD