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  2. Seated Buddha from Gandhara - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Jamal Garhi - Wikipedia

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    Stupa drum panel showing the conception of the Buddha: Queen Maya dreams of a white elephant entering her right side, 100–300 AD, carved schist, Jamal Garhi, British Museum. Indo-Corinthian capital from Jamal Garhi. Jamal Garhi is a small town located 13 kilometers from Mardan at Katlang-Mardan road in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern ...

  4. Category:Buddha statues in India - Wikipedia

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    Seated Buddha from Gandhara; Buddhapad Hoard; D. Dhauli; Dhyana Buddha statue; S. Sanchi; Sanchi Stupa No. 2; South India Buddha Vihar, Perambur; Standing Buddha from ...

  5. Art of Mathura - Wikipedia

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    These statues of the Buddha display characteristics and attitudes seen in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara: the head of the Buddha is surrounded by a halo, the clothing covers both shoulders, the left hand hold the gown of the Buddha while the other hand form an Abbhiya mudra, and the folds in the clothing are more typical of the Gandharan ...

  6. Gandharan Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Early Mahayana Buddhist triad. From left to right, a Kushan devotee, Maitreya, the Buddha, Avalokitesvara, and a Buddhist monk. 2nd–3rd century, Gandhara Evolution of the Butkara stupa. Because the region was at a cultural crossroads, the art of the Gandhāran Buddhists was a fusion of Greco-Roman, Iranian and Indian styles. [4]

  7. Greco-Buddhist art - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Kimbell seated Bodhisattva - Wikipedia

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    The Kimbell seated Bodhisattva belongs to a type known as the "Kapardin" statue of the Buddha, characterized by a "Kapardin" coil of hair on the top of the head. The top of the statue was broken, and a full decorated aureola with flying attendants initially stood behind the image of the Buddha. [8]

  9. Preaching Buddha - Wikipedia

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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 his First Sermon, a 5th-century sculpture from Sarnath, India; Badulla Preaching Buddha, a 6th-century sculpture from Badulla, Sri Lanka