Silk Road/Mesoamerica 2

Silk Road asia to the rise of islam

Funerary Banner of the Lady of Dai (2nd century BCE), ink and color on silk, Han Dynasty, China

Flying horse (late 2nd c. CE), Han Dynasty, bronze

The life and death of the Buddha (Gandhara Frieze) (2nd c. CE), Buddhism, stone

Lion capital of pillar set up by Ashoka at Sarnath, India (c. 250 BCE), Buddhism, polished sandstone

The Great Stupa (3rd c. BCE - 1st c. CE), Buddhism, Sanchi, India

The Buddha (2nd c. CE), Buddhism (Mathura), red sandstone

The Buddha (2nd c. CE), Buddhism (Gandhara), stone (schist)

The Bodhisattva Maitreya (c. 3rd c. CE), Buddhism (Gandhara), stone (schist)

The Buddha preaching the first sermon (5th c. CE), Buddhism (Gupta-Sarnath), sandtone

The Buddha offering Protection (6-7th c. CE), Buddhism (Gupta), copper alloy

Seated Buddha (338 CE), Buddhism (Northern China), gilt bronze

Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha (550-588 CE), Northern Qi dynasty, limestone with traces of pigment

Ajanta Grottoes (c. 200 B.C.E. – 650 C.E.), Buddhism,India

Mogao Caves (5^th c.  C.E. – 14^th c. C.E.), Buddhism, China

The Diamond Sutra (868), Buddhism (China), woodblock print on paper

Vairocana Buddha, monks and bodhisattvas  - Longmen Grottoes (673–75 C.E.), Buddhism (Tang dynasty), limestone (Wu Zetian)

Pensive bodhisattva, Korea, early-7th century, gilt bronze

Hōryūji (7th c CE), Buddhism (Asuka Period), Japan

Shaka Triad (7th c CE), Tori Busshi, Buddhism (Asuka Period), Japan

Todai-ji (7th c CE), Buddhism (Nara Period), Japan

The Great Buddha (Daibutsu) (17th century replacement of an 8th century sculpture), Buddhism (Nara period), copper

The Kaaba (631-32 C.E., multiple renovations), pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Muhammad, granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Qu’ran page with beginning of surah 18, “Al-Kahf” (The Cave) (9th or early 10th century), Islamic,  Ink and gold on vellum

Folio from the Blue Qur’an (second half 9th–mid-10th century), Islam, gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment

the Great Mosque (706–715), Islamic, Damascus, Syria