Suvarnapushpa
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Suvarṇapuṣpa was a King of the Tarim Basin city-state of Kucha from 600 to 625. He was known in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit as Kucīśvara Suvarṇapuṣpa "Suvarṇapuṣpa, lord of Kucha". He was known in Chines
King Suvarnapusa of Kucha, from Cave 69, Kizil Caves.
Brahmi script inscription on the halo of Suvarṇapuṣpa (detail).
Vajrapani, Cave 69, Kizil
Cave 69, lunette over the front door: the Buddha preaching at Sarnath (佛鹿野苑初转法轮) with King Suvarnapusa and his Queen as attendants.
Sarvastivada
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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