The Buddha, flanked by Herakles and Tychee. Gandhara. Musée Guimet. Photo by PHGCOM, 2006.


Buddha's first sermon, exhibited at Asian Art Museum, photo by BrokenSphere, Wikimedia Commons.

Buddha on Acanthus Capitol, Gandhara, 3-4th century

Buddha on an altar. Nswag, Pakistan, Gandhara,Swat Valley, Kushan Period, III century. Photo by Sailko, 2009.

Standing Buddha statue from the Gandhara-culture 1st century, Afghanistan.

Buddha in the Art of Gandhara, National Museum of India. Photo by miya.m 2009.

Bodhisattva debut, Shahbaz-Garhi, art of Gandhara, 1st-3rd century. Exhibited at Musée Guimet, Paris.

Bodhisattva debout, monastère de Shahbaz-Garhi, art de Gandhara, 1er-3ème siècle, schiste. Musée Guimet, Paris.

Standing Bodhisattva. Gandhara, 2nd - 3rd century CE. schist, height 102 cm. Located in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem.

Likely a standing Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, likely 3rd - 6th century. marble, height 97.0 cm. Located in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem.

Standing Buddha. Gandhara, Takht-i-Bahi, 2nd - 3rd century CE. schist, height 98.0 cm. Located in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem.

The Buddha shows miracles. Gandhara, 3rd century CE. schist, height 74.4 x 49.7 cm. Located in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem.

MUSEUM~3 Buddha and Vajrapāni. Gandhara, 1st century CE. schist, height 39.0 cm. Located in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem.

Kanishka (127 . 151 CE)


Kanishka II with Ardoksho. Photo by PHGCOM 2007

Kanishka Coin.

Kanishka I Coin Found In Ahinposh, Afghanistan. Photo by PHGCOM 2007.

Kanishka I coin.

The Great Miracle of Cravasti

Sravasti

The Cambridge History of India, Volum 1

The beginnings of Buddhist art and other essays in Indian and Central-Asian archaeology (1917) by Alfred Foucher. 1917.

L'art gréco-bouddhique du Gandhâra : étude sur les origines de l'influence classique dans l'art bouddhique de l'Inde et de l'Extrême-Orient (1905) by Alfred Foucher.