The Buddha was an Indian prince who lived around 400 BC. He became a Buddha - an 'Enlightened One' - through comprehending the roots of human suffering while living an ascetic life.

“What’s significant about the art of Gandhara is that it marks the beginning of Buddhist art that depicts the Buddha,” says Christine Knoke, a curator at the Norton Simon Museum. Earlier art ...

As a message of peace and dhamma Osho Dham presents 'Buddha of Gandhara', exhibition of paintings by Artist Ma Prem Anubodhi at OshoDham, 44, Jhatikra Road, Pandwala Khurd, Near Najafgarh, New Delhi.

The genesis of Gandhara art occurred perhaps when Buddha’s image was created in large numbers and placed in monastic buildings for worship, pieces of which are displayed at the Peshawar Museum ...

Representations of the Buddha are central to both the study of Gandhara and to its art. Buddhas and bodhisattvas have their own section in the exhibit and their diversity is striking.

The Gandhara text is narrated by Shakyamuni Buddha, the religious leader also known as Siddhartha Gautama, and tells the story of the 13 Buddhas who preceded him, his own emergence and the ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Seated Buddha (made between 100 and 300 AD). Stone statue; from Gandhara, Pakistan It's ...

The Gandhara sculptures get their name from a small, hilly region around Peshawar that at the time of Darius I (522-485 B.C.) was a province of Persia.

Puskara Sarin was the ruler when Gandhara was the largest power in the sub-continent, ruling over the whole of Punjab, with Lahore as an important military point. Just as a reference among the ...

These artworks show the rich artistic heritage of Gandhara as a geographical and historic region and as a particular style of art. The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara reveals the ...

An ancient kingdom in northwest Pakistan, just east of Afghanistan, Gandhara was a Silk Road hot spot that attracted such occupiers as King Darius of Persia and Alexander the Grea ...