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The full gown worn by the Buddha on the coins, covering both shoulders, suggests a Gandharan model rather than a Mathuran one, and the style is clearly Hellenistic. Kanishka also issued other types of Buddhist coinage, representation a "Shakyamuni Buddha" standing and walking, as well as a seated "Maitreya Buddha".
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.
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The inscription on the base of a Buddha statue states: "In the 93rd year of Maharaja Devaputra Vasudeva...", corresponding to c. 171 CE, or more probably 220 CE, with the more recent definition of the Kanishka era as starting in 127 CE (127+93=220). [2] The complete inscription reads:
The Buddha already has the attributes, if not the style, of the later "Kapardin" statues, except for the absence of a halo. [66] Buddhist "Indrasala architrave", with Buddha and Bodhi Tree in the center of each side, dated 50-100 CE, before the Kushan period. [65] [67] The Buddha is attended by Vedic deity Indra on the side of the Indrasala ...
English: Kimbell seated Buddha with attendants, Mathura. Date: 24 November 2019: Source: This file has been extracted from another file: Kimbell seated Buddha ...
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.
The Mediating Buddha of Wat Pho's ubosot. The meditation attitude, also known as meditating Buddha, is an attitude of Buddha in which the seated Buddha rests both upturned hands on his lap, the right hand usually on top.