The Life of the Buddha:

Early Gandharan Stupa Narrative Panels 1st-3rdC CE
From the collection of the Humboldt Forum

1. The Birth of the Buddha
2. The Great Departure
3. Bidding Farewell to the horse & servant
4. Mara's army try to distract the Buddha from reaching Enlightenment
5. Detail of Mara's army
6. The Buddha as an itinerant preacher
7. Monks listen to the Buddha's preaching
8. The death of the Buddha
9. The Cremation of the Buddha
10. The Buddha's followers worship the wheel of law
11. The worship of the Stupa
12. The miracle working Buddha at Srivasti with flames 🔥 rising from his shoulders

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