Lecture 8: Kushan Art: Mathura & Gandhara
Oct. 08, 1996

  1. Kushan -- Sanctuary of Kanishka

    ext: general view from east 2c AD Surkh Kotal

  2. -- Physical Geography of Indian Subcontinent

    whole India

  3. Parthian -- Prince from Shami, Iran

    New York: Private Collection Rabenqu Collection

  4. -- Kanishka Sanctuary

    SCPT: Torso - Kabul Museum 2c Surkh Kutal, Afghanistan

  5. Kushan -- Sanctuary of Kanishka

    SCPT: Torso of Kanishka, Kabul Museum 2c AD Surkh Kotal

  6. Kushan-Mathura -- Headless statue of Kanishka

    whole: front 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Museum

  7. Kushan, Mathura -- Headless statue of Kanishka

    detail: left foot 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Museum

  8. Kushan, Mathura -- Headless statue of Kanishka

    detail: belt, skirt 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Museum

  9. Kushan, Mathura -- Chastana statue

    whole torso: front 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Museum

  10. Kushan, Mathura -- Portrait statue of King Vima Kadphises

    whole: front right 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Museum

  11. Kushan, Mathura -- Yakshi Rail Pillar, Jain Stupa, Bhutessar

    whole: front Mathura: Mathura Architectural Museum

  12. Kushan, Mathura -- Yakshi dancing with sword, Rail Pillar

    whole: front 2c AD sandstone New Delhi: National Museum of India J275

  13. -- Sanchi Stupa 1 - East Gate

    ext: front south pillar 1c BC-1c AD Sanchi

  14. Kushan, Mathura -- Bodhisattva of Friar Bala, from Sarnath

    whole: front Sarnath: Sarnath Museum

  15. Kushan, Mathura -- Standing Image of Sakyamuni Bodhisattva, from Sarnath

    whole 3rd c. AD Sikri sandstone Sarnath: Sarnath Museum

  16. Maurya Indian -- Colossal male figure ("Yaksa") from Parkham, Uttar Pradesh

    Front c2-1c BC sandstone Mathura: Government Museum

  17. Kushan, Mathura -- Naga of Chargaon

    whole: front Mathura: Mathura Museum

  18. Kushan, Mathura -- Bodhisattva of Friar Bala, from Sarnath

    detail: upper part, front left Sarnath: Sarnath Museum

  19. Kushan, Mathura -- Naga Queen with 5 Energies

    front Mathura: Mathura Museum

  20. Kushan, Mathura -- Naga Queen with 5 Energies

    Back: Ashoka Tree with Squirrel Mathura: Mathura Museum

  21. Kushan, Mathura -- Head of a Kushan King wearing tall felt cap

    whole: front right 2c AD pink sandstone New Delhi: National Museum of India

  22. Kushan, Mathura -- Indo-Scythian Head

    whole: front right 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Museum

  23. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Life: Enlightenment Panel

    relief panel Washington: Freer Gallery

  24. Kushan -- Monuments at Darunts on Road to Hadda

  25. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Life: Queen Maya's Dream

    Relief from Dado of Votive Stupa

  26. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Life: Birth Panel

    relief panel Washington: Freer Gallery

  27. Kushan-Gandhara Indian -- Buddha Life: wanderings

    Relief fragment, front late 2-early 3c Gray phyllite Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum Nelson-Atkins No 55-105

  28. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Life: Kasyapa Brother's Conversion. Relief

    Right Side: BArking Dog, Kasyapa Brother's Conversion, Venomous Snake Tamed by Buddha, Alms Bowl Calcutta: Indian Museum

  29. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Life:Introduction of Yasodhara (his fiancee) to Siddharta

    Relief from Takht-i-Bahi schist London: British Museum

  30. Kushan, Mathura -- Female Figure with classical elements in face and drapery

    whole: front left 2c AD Mathura: Mathura Government Museum

  31. Kushan, Mathura -- Yakshi Rail Pillars from Jain Stupa, Bhutessar

    Two pillars: front left Mathura: Mathura Government Museum

  32. Kushan, Mathura -- Railing Pillar

    Obverse 2-3c AD Sikri sandstone Mathura

  33. Kushan, Gandhara -- Relief with armed devotees in Kushan dress

    Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum 939.17.19

  34. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha in Indrasala Cave - Stele

    whole: front Peshawar: Peshawar Museum

  35. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha

    whole: front 3c AD stone New York: Art Market Caro Gallery Exhibition

  36. Kushan-Mathura Indian -- Seated Buddha from Katra

    whole: front - on Lion Throne Mathura: Government Museum

  37. Kushan, Mathura -- Seated Buddha on Lion Throne from Katra

    detail: head Mathura: Mathura Museum

  38. Kushan, Gandhara -- Head of Buddha

    whole: front schist Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum

  39. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Life: Miracle of Sravasti

    detail: Mohammed Nari Lahore: Lahore Museum G155

  40. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Preaching, from Loriyan Tangai

    whole: front 2-3c AD schist Calcutta: Indian Museum

  41. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha, Emaciated by Fasting, from Sikri

    whole stone Lahore: Lahore Museum

  42. Kushan, Gandhara -- Buddha Emaciated by Fasting from Sikri

    detail Lahore: Lahore Museum

  43. Kushan, Mathura -- Lady with grapes, Bhutessar

    whole: front right Mathura: Mathura Museum 11.151

  44. Kushan, Mathura -- Yakshi Bathing, Rail Pillar

    whole: front 2c AD New Delhi: National Museum of India J278

  45. -- Sanchi Stupa 1 - East Gate, Yakshi

    view from back 1c BC-1c AD Sanchi

  46. -- Sanchi Stupa 1 - East Gate, Yaksi

    full view, front closeup 1c BC-1c AD Sanchi