Detail of soldiers in Scenes from the life of the Buddha, Kushan Gandhara, Pakistan or Afghanistan, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Free Gallery of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9a-d.

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Detail of soldiers in
Scenes from the life of the Buddha
Kushan Gandhara, Pakistan or Afghanistan, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD

Detail of soldiers in Scenes from the life of the Buddha, Kushan Gandhara, Pakistan or Afghanistan, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Free Gallery of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9a-d.

Detail of soldiers in Scenes from the life of the Buddha, Kushan Gandhara, Pakistan or Afghanistan, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Free Gallery of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9a-d.

Scenes from the life of the Buddha
Historical period: Kushan dynasty, late 2nd-early 3rd century
Medium: Stone
Geography: Pakistan or Afghanistan
Accession Number: F1949.9c
Type: Buddhist frieze
Previous Owner: Hagop Kevorkian 1872 - 1962
Freer Gallery, Smithsonian

Referenced as Plate CII, after page 329, in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
Plate CII. Carved relief late 2nd-early 3rd century Ghandara-Kushan (Freer Gallery no. 49.9.9 Washington)

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