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    Kushana Art developed during the Kushan Empire, which ruled parts of Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. Key developments included: 1) Earliest sculptures from Gandhara region depicted Buddha in human form, including scenes from his life like giving his first sermon. 2) Reliefs and sculptures showed influence of Greco-Roman styles blended with local traditions in areas like Mathura and Gandhara. 3) Major monuments included the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, some over 50 meters tall, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

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    Kushana Art developed during the Kushan Empire, which ruled parts of Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. Key developments included: 1) Earliest sculptures from Gandhara region depicted Buddha in human form, including scenes from his life like giving his first sermon. 2) Reliefs and sculptures showed influence of Greco-Roman styles blended with local traditions in areas like Mathura and Gandhara. 3) Major monuments included the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, some over 50 meters tall, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

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    Kushana Art developed during the Kushan Empire, which ruled parts of Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. Key developments included: 1) Earliest sculptures from Gandhara region depicted Buddha in human form, including scenes from his life like giving his first sermon. 2) Reliefs and sculptures showed influence of Greco-Roman styles blended with local traditions in areas like Mathura and Gandhara. 3) Major monuments included the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, some over 50 meters tall, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

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    Kushana Art

    Gandharan toilet-trays from Sirkap in Taxila: earliest examples


    Sculptures from Takht-i-Bahai
    Gift of the Jetavana garden from Mardan (Peshawar
    Museum): Buddha represented first time in human
    form.
    Parinirvana scene from Mardan, Nathu and Swat
    Birth of Buddha
    The Twin Miracle of Water and Fire, found at Paitava
    standing Buddha from Hoti Mardan
    monastery, 3rd century CE.
    The Buddha on lion throne, Takht-i-Bahi Buddha Head Gandharan Kushan period
    Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya
    Sibi Jataka

    Gandhara Schist Relief of Hariti and Panchika


    Buddhas of Bamiyan

    Smaller 38 meter "Eastern" Buddha


    Larger 55 meter "Western" Buddha
    Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries

    Terracotta head
    Kanishka casket of Bodhisatva
    Mathura phase

    Portrait sculptures found at Mat, near Mathura including portraits of Kanishka, Vima Kadphises and Chastana
    The "Bala Bodhisattva" with shaft and chatra A Mathura standing Buddha, circa 2nd century CE, Mathura
    umbrella, dedicated in "the year 3 of Kanishka" (circa Museum
    130 CE) by "brother (Bhikshu) Bala". The right arm
    would have been raised in a salutation gesture.
    Sarnath Museum
    Seated Buddha from Katra, Mathura
    Head of Buddha from Mathura
    Bacchanalian scene. Mathura
    Bhutesvara Yakshis, Mathura ca. 2nd century CE.
    War God Karttikeya and Fire God Agni, Kushan Period, The Hindu God Shiva, 3rd century CE.
    1st century CE Mathura or Ahichchhatra
    Kushan-era image of Shashthi between Skanda
    and Vishakha, c. 2nd century CE

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