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Indra and Brahma entreat the Buddha to preach
approx. 50-100
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, United States
This image, from the Swat Valley of today's Pakistan, is representative of some of the earliest Buddha images of the Buddhist world. Traders and pilgrims traveling from West Asia and India to Central Asia and China passed thorough the area and carried ideas, texts, trade goods, and artistic forms eastward.
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Details
- Title: Indra and Brahma entreat the Buddha to preach
- Date Created: approx. 50-100
- Location Created: Pakistan, Swat Valley, ancient region of Gandhara
- Physical Dimensions: H. 21.6 cm
- Type: Sculpture
- Medium: Stone (biotite schist) with traces of gilding
- Credit Line: The Avery Brundage Collection, B60S277
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