Our sculpture, one of the earliest known, probably dates to the third century AD, when Gandhara was ruled by the Kushan ... the Buddha that we know today. He can be shown lying, sitting, standing ...

Carved onto the rock face, the sculpture of standing Maitreya Buddha overlooks the National ... believes the statue was built during the Kushan period during the first century; however, modern ...

This region, also known as the Crossroads of Asia, witnessed the exchange and mixing of many different cultural impulses under the patronage of the Kushan ... the Gautama Buddha in the first ...

Our sculpture, one of the earliest known, probably dates to the third century AD, when Gandhara was ruled by the Kushan ... the Buddha that we know today. He can be shown lying, sitting, standing ...