The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha

07 April 2017

Kushan period, about 2nd/3rd century
Pakistan, Present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, ancient region of Gandhara

The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha
Origin: Gandhara
Date: 101 AD–300 AD
Medium: Phyllite
Credit Line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund
Reference Number: 1923.315

The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha | The Art Institute of Chicago

BUDDHA the GREAT

Artist ANIKARTICK, Chennai (T.Subbulapuram VASU)

Scenes from the life of the Buddha

MEDIUM: Stone ORIGIN: Pakistan or Afghanistan DATE: late 2nd-early 3rd century PERIOD: Kushan dynasty CREDIT LINE: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment ACCESSION NUMBER: F1949.9a-d Record Scenes from the life of the Buddha | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution [http://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:fsg_F1949.9a-d?q=F1949.