The Sarvāstivāda was one of the early Buddhist schools established around the reign of Ashoka. It was particularly known as an Abhidharma tradition, with a unique set of seven canonical Abhidharma texts.
Seated Buddha from the Sarvāstivādin monastery of Tapa Shotor, 2nd century CE
Copper-plate inscription mentioning the Sarvastivadas, in the year 134 of the Azes era, i.e. 84 CE, Kalawan, Taxila
A Kushan era votive stupa from Mohra Muradu, Taxila, where Sarvāstivāda groups are known to have lived by the end of the first century BCE
The Dharmarajika Stupa and monastery ruins, a major Buddhist site in Taxila, one of the capitals of the Kushan empire
Pāli is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka as well as the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.
19th century Burmese Kammavācā (confession for Buddhist monks), written in Pali on gilded palm leaf