Portrait statue of emperor Kanishka
Mathura
Red sandstone, 2nd-3rd century AD

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

Terms:

nirvana
mahaparinirvana Kushan
Gandhara
Takht-i-Bahi
urna
ushnisha
bodhisattva
Kanishka
Mathura
schist