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 tex
Seated Buddha from the Sarvāstivādin monastery of Tapa Shotor, 2nd century CE
Copper-plate inscription mentioning the Sarvastivādas, 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
Tapa Shotor, also Tape Shotor or Tapa-e-shotor, was a large Sarvastivadin monastery near Hadda, Afghanistan, and is now an archaeological site. According to archaeologist Raymond Allchin, the site of
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…Seated Buddha from the Sarvāstivādin monastery of Tapa Shotor, 2nd century CE The Sarvāstivāda (Sanskrit: 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀤) was one of the early Buddhist schools established around the reign of Ashoka (third century…
Tapa Shotor seated Buddha, with Classical figures of Herakles (left, as Vajrapani) and Tyche (right, as Hariti), in Niche V2, 2nd century CE. Photographed in 1981 by Louis Dupree, before its destructions by the Taliban in 1992.
Head of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, facing (4th-5th century), probably Hadda, Tapa Shotor.
Figures of Herakles-Vajrapani with thunderbolt and Tyche-Hariti with cornucopia flanking a Buddha at Tapa Shotor, 2nd century. This is unique photograph as the sculpture was destroyed in 1992 by the Taliban.