#gandharan

[moryen]

Bodhisattvas

Gandharan art

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Gandhara Schist Sculpture of a Bodhisattva Origin: Afghanistan/Pakistan Circa: 3rd Century AD to 4th Century AD

[capricciolaworld]

Head of a Buddha _ Gandhāran, c.1200–c.535 BCE

This head of a Buddha bears the distinguishing marks of an enlightened being. Atop his head is an uṣṇīṣa, a topknot-like protuberance. In the middle of his forehead lies an ūrṇā, a circular tuft of hair. Long earlobes, stretched by weighty jewelry, reveal a former life as a prince. Additionally, the figure’s half-closed eyes portray a constantly meditative state.

[venusmercury]

Head of the Buddha, 4th century-5th century, Artist unknown, Hadda, Afghanistan, V&A

[leonarian]

#Pakistan has made a remarkable discovery! What you’re gazing at is the recently excavated oldest #Buddhist apsidal temple of Pakistan. Nearly 2300 years old. Excavated in the ancient city of Bazira in Swat (KPK), it represents the grandeur of Pakistan’s #Gandharan heritage. (at Swat Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX3G4nkA5nG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[savingbestfriend]

#watercolor #artjuwan #drawing #painting #obra #artwork #seatedbuddha #buddha #contemporary #modern Greco-roman style face. #gandharan aesthetic, hellenistic. 2nd or 3rd century AD SEATED BUDDHA.#Kushan Dynasty in #Mathura. (at Parañaque)

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Schist Base for a Seated Buddha with Figures of Ascetics

Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period ( 2nd half of the 2nd Century)

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Bronze Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), 4th–5th century

Stupas, the earliest Buddhist monuments preserved in India, began as solid hemispherical domes that marked the remains of a great leader or teacher. They were incorporated into early Buddhist art as symbols of the continuing presence of Shakyamuni Buddha after his parinirvana (final transcendence), and as reminders of the path he defined for his followers.