DescriptionSeated Buddha with halo and mandorla 5th-6th century CE Gandhara.jpg
English: Seated Buddha with halo and mandorla 5th-6th century CE Gandhara. "In Gandhara the appearance of a halo surrounding an entire figure occurs only in the latest phases of artistic production, in the fifth and sixth centuries. By this time in Afghanistan the halo/mandorla had become quite common and is the format that took hold at Central Asian Buddhist sites."
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Seated Buddha with halo and mandorla 5th-6th century CE Gandhara
DescriptionSeated Buddha with halo and mandorla 5th-6th century CE Gandhara.jpg
English: Seated Buddha with halo and mandorla 5th-6th century CE Gandhara. "In Gandhara the appearance of a halo surrounding an entire figure occurs only in the latest phases of artistic production, in the fifth and sixth centuries. By this time in Afghanistan the halo/mandorla had become quite common and is the format that took hold at Central Asian Buddhist sites."
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Seated Buddha with halo and mandorla 5th-6th century CE Gandhara