Reading Dehejia: Ch 4 p. 79-96
syllabus: September 19 Development of a Buddhist Figural Tradition: Kushan Period
Images:
Map, India Nepal and Sri Lanka Map, South and Southeast Asia Portrait statue of emperor Kanishka, Mathura, red sandstone, Kushan period, 2nd c. AD Detail, Right foot, Portrait statue of emperor Kanishka, Mathura, red sandstone, Kushan period, 2nd c. AD Air view of site, Monastery, Takht-i-Bahi, Gandhara, 2nd-4th c. AD Standing Buddha, Monastery, Takht-i-Bahi, Gandhara, schist, Kushan period, 30-433 AD Standing Muse, marble, 3rd c. BC Corinthian capital with Buddha, Gandhara, schist, 2nd-3rd c. AD Male portrait head, Delos, bronze, Greek, Hellenistic Prince Siddhartha as bodhisattva, Gandhara, schist, 1st-2nd c. AD The Four Great Miracles (1), Gandhara, schist, Kushan period, 2nd c. AD The Four Great Miracles (2), Gandhara, schist, Kushan period, 2nd c. AD The Four Great Miracles (3-4), Gandhara, schist, Kushan period, 2nd c. AD Lady with offerings from Kankali Well, stone, Kushan period, 1st -5th c. AD Railpost: Lady with mirror from Buteshvara, stone, Kushan period, 1st-5th c. AD Detail, Upper part of body, Railpost: Lady with mirror from Buteshvara, stone, Kushan period, 1st-5th c. AD Detail, Torso, Railpost: Lady with mirror from Buteshvara, stone, Kushan period, 1st-5th c. AD Seated bodhisattva/Buddha from Katra Mound, stone, 1st-5th c. AD Detail, Head, Seated Bodhisattva/Buddha from Katra Mound, stone, 1st-5th c. AD