Development Of Buddhist Religion And Sarnath (With Special
... except for a one dozen of Vedika stambh which were supposed to be built around 1 st century A.D. with the advent of kushanas in North India. There was revival of religions and cultures and Mathura became the centre of this revival although Sarnath was not left uninfluenced, many new viharaswere made ...
... except for a one dozen of Vedika stambh which were supposed to be built around 1 st century A.D. with the advent of kushanas in North India. There was revival of religions and cultures and Mathura became the centre of this revival although Sarnath was not left uninfluenced, many new viharaswere made ...
The Unintended Legacy of Hellenism
... II. Changes in Buddhist Doctrine Considering the three main belief systems of India – Brahmanism, Buddhism, and Jainism – had never practiced any previous tradition of worshipping a personal deity, how is it that all three became “idolatrous” religions?11 Coomaraswamy asserted that worship did not o ...
... II. Changes in Buddhist Doctrine Considering the three main belief systems of India – Brahmanism, Buddhism, and Jainism – had never practiced any previous tradition of worshipping a personal deity, how is it that all three became “idolatrous” religions?11 Coomaraswamy asserted that worship did not o ...
The Hellenic Axel: The Greek Hellenization of Central Asia
... piecemeal manner with focus guided towards the invading Greeks or their Indian neighbors, rather than a construction of how these two forces interacted. Although some investigations have been made as to how the two entities intermingled, some of the aspects of this cultural communication must be fur ...
... piecemeal manner with focus guided towards the invading Greeks or their Indian neighbors, rather than a construction of how these two forces interacted. Although some investigations have been made as to how the two entities intermingled, some of the aspects of this cultural communication must be fur ...
18 religions and religious movements – ii
... The worship of Shiva was also widespread in the Kushan Empire, as can be seen from Kushan coins: those of Vima Kadphises, Kanishka, Huvishka and Vasudeva bear a figure of Shiva or of Shiva with his vehicle, the bull Nandi. The inscription Oēšo on coins refers to Shiva. It used to be believed that t ...
... The worship of Shiva was also widespread in the Kushan Empire, as can be seen from Kushan coins: those of Vima Kadphises, Kanishka, Huvishka and Vasudeva bear a figure of Shiva or of Shiva with his vehicle, the bull Nandi. The inscription Oēšo on coins refers to Shiva. It used to be believed that t ...
Gandharan Buddhist sculpture
... 2 The concept of the bodhisattva developed in Buddhist philosophy during the first century AD. A bodhisattva is defined as one who has attained Enlightenment but instead of becoming a Buddha elects to remain on earth and help others on their path to Enlightenment. 3 The details of the Buddha Shaky ...
... 2 The concept of the bodhisattva developed in Buddhist philosophy during the first century AD. A bodhisattva is defined as one who has attained Enlightenment but instead of becoming a Buddha elects to remain on earth and help others on their path to Enlightenment. 3 The details of the Buddha Shaky ...
Royal Attributes of the Nirmānakaya Śākyamuni
... epic dynasty of the Ikṣvākus and thereby came to be respected as civilised. Monks headed by śramaṇa Shih-li-fang brought over two hundred Buddhist sutras to the capital of Ch'in Shih-huang-ti who ruled from 221-208 BC. He was the 'First Emperor' who united China by making the Great Wall, abolished a ...
... epic dynasty of the Ikṣvākus and thereby came to be respected as civilised. Monks headed by śramaṇa Shih-li-fang brought over two hundred Buddhist sutras to the capital of Ch'in Shih-huang-ti who ruled from 221-208 BC. He was the 'First Emperor' who united China by making the Great Wall, abolished a ...
KUSHAN ART Kushan art in the north
... and varied, both secular and religious, dynastic and public. Of the dynastic groups, particularly illuminating are the sculptures at Khalchayan dating from the beginning of the Christian era, 21 Dalverzin-tepe from the first century a.d.22 and Surkh Kotal (second century a.d.).23 In the palace at Kha ...
... and varied, both secular and religious, dynastic and public. Of the dynastic groups, particularly illuminating are the sculptures at Khalchayan dating from the beginning of the Christian era, 21 Dalverzin-tepe from the first century a.d.22 and Surkh Kotal (second century a.d.).23 In the palace at Kha ...
Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art
... Texts from the region include the earliest written testimony of Mahāyāna Buddhism. For the time being, however, we still face a dilemma: we have neither the narratives in Gāndhārī that are illustrated in art, nor any artistic renditions of the Mahāyāna sūtras before the 4th c. CE. There are also un ...
... Texts from the region include the earliest written testimony of Mahāyāna Buddhism. For the time being, however, we still face a dilemma: we have neither the narratives in Gāndhārī that are illustrated in art, nor any artistic renditions of the Mahāyāna sūtras before the 4th c. CE. There are also un ...
Kushan – Mathura Slide Show
... presumably may be identified as Indra and Brahma, who later are replaced by Bodhisattvas. The Buddha is represented clad only in a dhoti; it is only in the Kushan reliefs, apparently under Gandharan influence, that Sakyamuni is depicted with the monastic robe covering the body; in these the drapery, ...
... presumably may be identified as Indra and Brahma, who later are replaced by Bodhisattvas. The Buddha is represented clad only in a dhoti; it is only in the Kushan reliefs, apparently under Gandharan influence, that Sakyamuni is depicted with the monastic robe covering the body; in these the drapery, ...
Indian Civilization PPT - School District of Mishicot
... • Alexander and his armies did not stay in NW India and his withdrawal created a vacuum by removing the existing states. • During the late 320’s B.C.E., an ambitious adventurer named Chandragupta Maurya exploited that opportunity and laid the foundations for the Mauryan Empire, the first state to br ...
... • Alexander and his armies did not stay in NW India and his withdrawal created a vacuum by removing the existing states. • During the late 320’s B.C.E., an ambitious adventurer named Chandragupta Maurya exploited that opportunity and laid the foundations for the Mauryan Empire, the first state to br ...
Architecture: From Ashoka to Gupta 3rd century BCE to 5th century CE
... The Kushan Empire originally formed in the 1st century CE in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus River in what is now northern Afghanistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The kings of Kushan had diplomatic contacts with Rome, Persia and Han Ch ...
... The Kushan Empire originally formed in the 1st century CE in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus River in what is now northern Afghanistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The kings of Kushan had diplomatic contacts with Rome, Persia and Han Ch ...
Gandharan Standing Buddha
... Press, London 1996 Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw The ‘Scythian’ Period – An Approach to the history, art and epigraphy and palaeography of north India from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century Ad, Leiden, 1949 Varardi, Giovanni ‘Avatarana: a note on the Bodhisattva image dated in the third year of Kaniska ...
... Press, London 1996 Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw The ‘Scythian’ Period – An Approach to the history, art and epigraphy and palaeography of north India from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century Ad, Leiden, 1949 Varardi, Giovanni ‘Avatarana: a note on the Bodhisattva image dated in the third year of Kaniska ...
Central Asian Contacts and Their Results
... b) War against the Saka Straps: The Saka Straps were still powerful in Northern India. Therefore, Kanishka defeated the Saka Satraps of the Punjab and Mathura and organized his own forces. He also defeated the Satrap of Ujjain, Sahastana and wrested from in some parts of Malwa. c) Magadha. Some hist ...
... b) War against the Saka Straps: The Saka Straps were still powerful in Northern India. Therefore, Kanishka defeated the Saka Satraps of the Punjab and Mathura and organized his own forces. He also defeated the Satrap of Ujjain, Sahastana and wrested from in some parts of Malwa. c) Magadha. Some hist ...
The Silk Roads
... • At Gandhara the first ever image of the Buddha was created through a synthesis of Indian spirituality and western art techniques, all under the patronage of Central Asian kings • The first ever Buddhas were modeled on Greco-Roman gods ...
... • At Gandhara the first ever image of the Buddha was created through a synthesis of Indian spirituality and western art techniques, all under the patronage of Central Asian kings • The first ever Buddhas were modeled on Greco-Roman gods ...
Between Empires? - jan.ucc.nau.edu
... • Under Kajula Kadphises and his son VIMA (or Wema) Kadphises Kushanas expand into India. The greatest of Kushan emperors was probably KANISHKA, under whose rule Kushana empire was at its peak, in terms of political boundaries. Era ofreligious syncretism and cultural production. • Close to 150 years ...
... • Under Kajula Kadphises and his son VIMA (or Wema) Kadphises Kushanas expand into India. The greatest of Kushan emperors was probably KANISHKA, under whose rule Kushana empire was at its peak, in terms of political boundaries. Era ofreligious syncretism and cultural production. • Close to 150 years ...