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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/U%2B25AD.svg/30px-U%2B25AD.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/U%2B25AD.svg/40px-U%2B25AD.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:11px;left:-3em"><div>Gandhara</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Asia_non_political,_with_rivers.jpg" title="File:South Asia non political, with rivers.jpg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a>, where the Brussels Buddha was probably created.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <i><b>Brussels Buddha</b></i> is a famous Buddha statue from the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Buddhist_art" title="Greco-Buddhist art">Greco-Buddhist art</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is named after the first collection to which it belonged, the Claude de Marteau collection in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, although it is now in a private collection in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Agonsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Agonshū">Agonshū</a> sect of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Brussels Buddha belongs to the category of the "Seated Buddha triads", which can be seen contemporaneously in the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Buddhist_art" title="Greco-Buddhist art">Greco-Buddhist art</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Art_of_Mathura" title="Art of Mathura">art of Mathura</a> in the early <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The precise location where the statue was discovered is unknown, but it was acquired in <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>, and it is thought to have been excavated in <a href="/wiki/Sahri_Bahlol" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahri Bahlol">Sahri Bahlol</a> due to its similarity with <a href="/wiki/File:Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg" title="File:Buddhist Triad Peshawar Museum.jpg">a statue from the same location</a>, now in the <a href="/wiki/Peshawar_Museum" title="Peshawar Museum">Peshawar Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GF_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brussels_Buddha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this statue, the seated Buddha is attended by <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>, as well as two <a href="/wiki/Bodhisattvas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhisattvas">Bodhisattvas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EBA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EBA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scene shows the "<a href="/wiki/Miracle_at_%C5%9Ar%C4%81vast%C4%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Miracle at Śrāvastī">Miracle at Śrāvastī</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The statue is remarkable in that it is one of the rare Gandhara Buddhist statues to bear a dedication with a date.<sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inscription in <a href="/wiki/Kharoshti" class="mw-redirect" title="Kharoshti">Kharoshti</a> reads: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Inscription of the Brussels Buddha <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_box"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Buddha#endnote_box">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Original (<a href="/wiki/Kharosthi" title="Kharosthi">Kharosthi script</a>) </th> <th>Transliteration </th> <th>English translation </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:120%">𐨯𐨎 𐩃 𐩀 𐨥𐨒𐨂𐨣𐨯𐨨𐨯𐨯 𐨡𐨁 𐨤𐨎𐨕𐨨𐨁 𐨦𐨂𐨢𐨣𐨡𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨤𐨁𐨜𐨐𐨯 𐨡𐨣𐨨𐨂𐨑𐨅 𐨨𐨡𐨤𐨁𐨡𐨪𐨣 𐨀𐨢𐨿𐨬𐨡𐨁𐨡𐨣 𐨤𐨂𐨩𐨩 𐨧𐨬𐨟𐨂</span> </td> <td><span title="Prakrit languages romanization"><i lang="pra-Latn">saṃ 4 1 Phagunasamasasa di paṃcami Budhansadasa trepiḍakasa danamukhe madapidarana adhvadidana puyaya bhavatu</i></span> </td> <td>In the year 5, in the 5th day of the month Phalguna: the pious gift of the Monk Buddhananda, learned in the <a href="/wiki/Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripiṭaka">Tripiṭaka</a>: may it be for the honouring of his deceased (?) mother and father. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The date "Year 5" should normally refer to the <a href="/wiki/Kanishka_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanishka era">Kanishka era</a>, now thought to start in 127 CE, giving a date of 132 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the advanced character of the iconography has led some authors to support a later date, based on a supposed second Kanishka era starting a century later or a theory according to which the hundreds would have been omitted from the date.<sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some much later dates have been suggested as well, for example a date in the <a href="/wiki/Huna_people" title="Huna people">Huna</a> era of <a href="/wiki/Khingila" class="mw-redirect" title="Khingila">Khingila</a>, which would give a period circa the 5th century CE, but such a date can be considered as too late.<sup id="cite_ref-EBA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EBA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PCGA_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A date in the <a href="/wiki/Gupta_era" title="Gupta era">Gupta era</a> has also been suggested, but there is no evidence of the Gupta era being used so far north.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Fussman" title="Gérard Fussman">Gérard Fussman</a>, who analyzed the <a href="/wiki/Paleography" class="mw-redirect" title="Paleography">paleography</a> of the inscription, there is no doubt that "Year 5" corresponds to the era of <a href="/wiki/Kanishka_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanishka I">Kanishka I</a>, as the shapes of several letters are typical of that period.<sup id="cite_ref-GF_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The language of the inscription is a mix of <a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GF_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This dated sculpture suggests that the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Buddhist_art" title="Greco-Buddhist art">Greco-Buddhist art</a> of Gandhara was already at a very advanced stage of sophistication at the beginning of the Kushan period, in the early 2nd century CE, implying the existence of a long preliminary tradition leading up to it.<sup id="cite_ref-GF_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_examples">Other examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brussels_Buddha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a few examples of similar triads in Gandhara as well as in Mathura, most dated to the early Kushans:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 972px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BimaranCasket2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="An early standing triad with Brahma, the Buddha and Indra. Bimaran casket, circa 10 CE."><img alt="An early standing triad with Brahma, the Buddha and Indra. Bimaran casket, circa 10 CE." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/BimaranCasket2.JPG/162px-BimaranCasket2.JPG" decoding="async" width="162" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/BimaranCasket2.JPG/243px-BimaranCasket2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/BimaranCasket2.JPG/324px-BimaranCasket2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2123" data-file-height="2618" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An early standing triad with <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bimaran_casket" title="Bimaran casket">Bimaran casket</a>, circa 10 CE.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A very similar Buddhist Triad from Sahr-i-Bahlol.[3] Peshawar Museum.[10][11]"><img alt="A very similar Buddhist Triad from Sahr-i-Bahlol.[3] Peshawar Museum.[10][11]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg/200px-Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg/300px-Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg/400px-Buddhist_Triad_Peshawar_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="1274" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A very similar Buddhist Triad from <a href="/wiki/Sahr-i-Bahlol" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahr-i-Bahlol">Sahr-i-Bahlol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GF_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peshawar_Museum" title="Peshawar Museum">Peshawar Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seated Buddha triad, Sahr-i-Bahlol excavations, 1911-1912."><img alt="Seated Buddha triad, Sahr-i-Bahlol excavations, 1911-1912." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg/171px-Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg" decoding="async" width="171" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg/256px-Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg/342px-Seated_Buddha_triad_Sahri_Bahlol_excavations_ASI_1911-1912.jpg 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="746" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seated Buddha triad, <a href="/wiki/Sahr-i-Bahlol" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahr-i-Bahlol">Sahr-i-Bahlol</a> excavations, 1911-1912.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants,_Mathura.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A contemporary triad from the Art of Mathura, the Kimbell seated Bodhisattva (inscribed "Year 4 of Kanishka")."><img alt="A contemporary triad from the Art of Mathura, the Kimbell seated Bodhisattva (inscribed "Year 4 of Kanishka")." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants%2C_Mathura.jpg/200px-Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants%2C_Mathura.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants%2C_Mathura.jpg/300px-Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants%2C_Mathura.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants%2C_Mathura.jpg/400px-Kimbell_seated_Buddha_with_attendants%2C_Mathura.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3924" data-file-height="3740" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A contemporary triad from the <a href="/wiki/Art_of_Mathura" title="Art of Mathura">Art of Mathura</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Kimbell_seated_Bodhisattva" title="Kimbell seated Bodhisattva">Kimbell seated Bodhisattva</a></i> (inscribed "Year 4 of Kanishka").</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brussels_Buddha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kimbell_seated_Bodhisattva" title="Kimbell seated Bodhisattva">Kimbell seated Bodhisattva</a>, a possibly contemporary Buddhist triad from Mathura</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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