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Brussels Buddha
(Inscribed "Year 5")
Avalokitesvara in the front.
Gandhara is located in South Asia
Gandhara
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Location of Gandhara
, where the Brussels Buddha was probably created.

The Brussels Buddha is a famous Buddha statue from the

Sahri Bahlol due to its similarity with a statue from the same location, now in the Peshawar Museum.[3]

Characteristics

In this statue, the seated Buddha is attended by

Miracle at Śrāvastī".[5]

The statue is remarkable in that it is one of the rare Gandhara Buddhist statues to bear a dedication with a date.

Kharoshti
reads:

Inscription of the Brussels Buddha [1][1]
Original (Kharosthi script) Transliteration English translation
𐨯𐨎 𐩃 𐩀 𐨥𐨒𐨂𐨣𐨯𐨨𐨯𐨯 𐨡𐨁 𐨤𐨎𐨕𐨨𐨁 𐨦𐨂𐨢𐨣𐨡𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨤𐨁𐨜𐨐𐨯 𐨡𐨣𐨨𐨂𐨑𐨅 𐨨𐨡𐨤𐨁𐨡𐨪𐨣 𐨀𐨢𐨿𐨬𐨡𐨁𐨡𐨣 𐨤𐨂𐨩𐨩 𐨧𐨬𐨟𐨂 saṃ 4 1 Phagunasamasasa di paṃcami Budhansadasa trepiḍakasa danamukhe madapidarana adhvadidana puyaya bhavatu In the year 5, in the 5th day of the month Phalguna: the pious gift of the Monk Buddhananda, learned in the Tripiṭaka: may it be for the honouring of his deceased (?) mother and father.

The date "Year 5" should normally refer to the

Khingila, which would give a period circa the 5th century CE, but such a date can be considered as too late.[4][1] A date in the Gupta era has also been suggested, but there is no evidence of the Gupta era being used so far north.[7]

According to

Kanishka I, as the shapes of several letters are typical of that period.[3] The language of the inscription is a mix of Prakrit and Sanskrit.[3] This dated sculpture suggests that the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara was already at a very advanced stage of sophistication at the beginning of the Kushan period, in the early 2nd century CE, implying the existence of a long preliminary tradition leading up to it.[3]

Other examples

There are a few examples of similar triads in Gandhara as well as in Mathura, most dated to the early Kushans:[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g The Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford (2018). Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art: Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017. Archaeopress. p. 43–44.
  2. ISBN 978-90-04-18400-8
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  3. ^
    JSTOR 43732476
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-90-04-19019-1
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  5. ^ Hargreaves, H. (1930). Handbook to the Sculptures in the Peshawar Museum. p. Plate 2.
  6. ^ Rhi, Juhyung. Identifying Several Visual Types of Gandharan Buddha Images. Archives of Asian Art 58 (2008). pp. 53–56.
  7. ISBN 978-90-04-13595-6
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  8. ISBN 978-90-04-18400-8
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  9. ^ Rhi, Juhyung. Identifying Several Visual Types of Gandharan Buddha Images. Archives of Asian Art 58 (2008). pp. 53–56.
  10. ^ Rhi, Juhyung. Identifying Several Visual Types of Gandharan Buddha Images. Archives of Asian Art 58 (2008). pp. 53–56.
  11. ^ The Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford (2018). Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art: Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017. Archaeopress. p. 45, notes 28, 29.
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