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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. 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]

  4. Category:Buddha statues in India - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Buddha statues in India" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Seated Buddha from Gandhara; Buddhapad Hoard; D. Dhauli ...

  5. 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.

  6. Physical characteristics of the Buddha - Wikipedia

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    The first statues and busts of the Buddha were made in the region around Mathura or Gandhara in the second or third century CE. [4] [5] Many statues and busts exist where the Buddha and other bodhisattvas have a mustache. Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 1st–2nd century CE, Tokyo National Museum Buddha depicted with urna, gilt bronze, 14th century

  7. Reclining Buddha - Wikipedia

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    Buddha in parinirvana, Gandhara art, 2nd or 3rd century Buddha entering nirvana, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam, 17th century AD. A reclining Buddha is an image that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic theme in Buddhist art. It represents the historical Buddha during his last illness, about to enter the parinirvana. [1]

  8. Brussels Buddha - Wikipedia

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    The Brussels Buddha is a famous Buddha statue from the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara. [1] It is named after the first collection to which it belonged, the Claude de Marteau collection in Brussels, Belgium, although it is now in a private collection in Japan, belonging to the Agonshū sect of Buddhism. [1]

  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 (Sarnath) , a 5th-century sculpture from Sarnath, India