This Bodhisattva belongs to the corpus of Buddhist schist statues from the ancient territory of Gandhara, which lay north of the Indus and south of Pamirs. This region, also known as the ...

Christian Luczanits, a leading scholar of Gandharan art, discusses how changing perceptions of the Buddha and bodhisattvas in Gandhara played an instrumental role in the development of Mahayana ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles The Gandharan School, 4th Century comprised a group of artists active in this ...

The majority of Gandharan art known today is Buddhist in origin. Buddhism reached Gandhara as early as the third century B.C.E., and began to flourish in the first century C.E. as Silk Road trade and ...

This Bodhisattva belongs to the corpus of Buddhist schist statues from the ancient territory of Gandhara, which lay north of the Indus and south of Pamirs. This region, also known as the ...