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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, that dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD during the Kushan Empire. Statues of the "enlightened one" were not made until the 1st century CE.
Head of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, facing (4th-5th century), probably Hadda, Tapa Shotor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Seated Buddha, Tapa Shotor (Niche V1). Tapa Shotor , also Tape Shotor or Tapa-e-shotor ("Camel Hill"), [ 5 ] was a large Sarvastivadin monastery near Hadda , Afghanistan , and is now an archaeological site. [ 6 ]
Several seated Buddha triads in an elaborate style are known from the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, such as the Brussels Buddha, which may also be dated to the early years of Kanishka. [ 21 ] [ 5 ] "Indrasala architrave", detail of the Buddha in Indrasala Cave , 50-100 CE.
The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism.It had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara, located in the northwestern fringe of the Indian subcontinent.
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The "Genius with flowers", Tapa Kalan, Hadda, Gandhara. 2-3rd century CE. Musée Guimet. The Tapa Kalan monastery is dated to the 4th-5th century CE. It was excavated by Jules Barthoux. [12] One of its most famous artifact is an attendant to the Buddha who display manifest Hellenistic styles, the "Genie au Fleur", today in Paris at the Guimet ...
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