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Indian Art

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Queen Maya’s dream, railing medallion from the Bharhut stupa. Shunga, 2nd C. BC. Red sandstone, D. about 21 ½ in. Indian Museum , Calcutta

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King Vidudabha visiting the Buddha, from the Bharhut stupa, 2nd C. BC. Red sandstone, H. 1 8 7/8 in. Free gallaery of Art, Washington , D.C.

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Buddha from Gandhara Kushan mid 2nd C. AD or later Schist, H. 4ft 7 ½ in. Central Museum,

Lahore

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Gold Coin of Kanishka bearing representations of the Buddha (right) and the king. Kushan, late 1st early 2nd C. AD. Museum of fine arts Boston, Seth K. Sweetser Fund

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Athena or Roma from Gandhara Kushan late 2nd C. AD. Schist, H 3 2 ¾ in. Central Museum, Lahore

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Sections of frieze from Gandhara showing the birth of the Buddha and the assault of Mara's host. Kushan, 2nd C.AD. Free gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Detail of a frieze from Gandhara showing the first sermon in the Deer Park and the death of the Buddha

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Bodhisattva from the Gandhara Kushan C. AD 150-200. Schist, H. 22in. Museum of

Fine Arts, St Peterburg, Fla.

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Guldara, ruins of a Gandharan stupa

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Votive stupa from Loriyan Tangai, Swat valley, Gandhara. Kushan , Schist, H. 4ft 9in

Indian Museum, Calcutta

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Bamiyan, Afghanistan, colossal rock-cut Buddha. Gupta style, H 175ft

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Ajanta the rock cut chaitya halls and viharas around the gorge 2nd C. BC 7th C. AD the numbers refers to the

caves, sequence not their chronology

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Ajanta cave view 1 from the assembly hall toward the shrine. Gupta , late 5th C.

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Ajanta cave 1 wall painting of Bodhisattva Padmapani. Gupta, probably late 5th C.

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Ajanta cave 1 detail of painted ceiling. Gupta, probably late 5th C.

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Ajanta cave 17 wall painting illustrating the Vishvantara Jataka 5th C.

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Ajanta cave 17 wall painting illustrating the Simhala Adavana Gupta 5th C