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The most important thing about meditation practice is to do it regularly, daily and the greatest challenge is to stay motivated. It takes only two steps to find out the why and how of sustaining ones enthusiasm to practice daily.
The upcoming Indian and Southeast Asian art auctions in New York contain numerous beautiful works and numerous works without a pre-1970 provenance. The lack of that pre-1970 provenance is a problem…
In Buddhist art of the Gandharan region during the time of heightened contact with the Mediterranean world, the figure of Atlas was adopted, but given wings so as to appear superhuman. This figure
Head of a Bodhisattva, 3rd/4th century, stucco, NWFP, Gandhara
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Adoring Attendant from a Buddhist Shrine, c. 300s-400s Afghanistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period. https://t.co/RzhCPpdXyK
The Gandhara Civilization existed in what is now Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan from the middle of the 1st millennium BCE to the beginning of the 2nd millennium CE. Although multiple major powers...
India is a country in South Asia whose name comes from the Indus River. The name 'Bharata' is used as a designation for the country in their constitution referencing the ancient mythological emperor...
2nd-3rd century, Gandhara, Shakyamuni and Maitreya, schist, at the NSW Art Gallery
Photographed at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in California.
Date: ca. 1st century B.C.. Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara). Medium: Schist. Dimensions: H. 3/16 in. (0.4 cm); Diam. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm). Cl...
