Painted Manuscript Cover
Gilgit Kingdom, Greater Kashmir (present-day Baltistan, Pakistan); ca. late 8th or early 9th century
Intertwined Religious Cultures: Buddhism and Hinduism
Bodhisattva Bhaishajyaraja, “The Healing King”
Swat Kingdom (present-day Swat District, Pakistan); 8th–9th century
Buddha on the Cosmic Mountain
Kashmir; ca. 720
Jowo Shakyamuni of the Rasa Trulnang Tsuklakhang (Jokhang Temple)
Northern India or Lhasa, Tibet; 500 BCE? or 11th century CE
Bunga Dya (Bunga Lokeshvara, Karunamaya, Rato Macchendranath)
Nepal; from the 7th century on
Ceremonial Banquet Vessels in Silver and Gold
Silver Jug
Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet; 9th–10th century, based on earlier Sogdian or Uyghur prototypes
Tibetan Visual Models on the Silk Road
Bhaishajyaguru, the Buddha of Healing
Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China; 836
Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China); ca. 620–640
Ancient Tibetan Buddhist Rock Carvings of Vairochana: Portraits of Tibetan Sovereigns and Their Courtiers
Imperial Carvings of Vairochana
Denma Drak, Kham region, eastern Tibet (present-day TAR, China); 804
Maitreya Statue at Jampa Lhakhang, Bhutan
Jampa Lhakhang, Chokhor, Bhutan; ca. 7th century