Trapusa and Bahalika
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Trapusa and Bahalika are traditionally regarded as the first disciples of the Buddha. The first account of Trapusa and Bahalika appears in the Vinaya section of the Tripiṭaka where they offer the Budd
Central Asian devotees Trapusa and Bahalika, making an offering to the Buddha. Cave 110, Kizil Caves, 5th-6th century CE, Xinjiang, China.
Excavations at Takht i Bahi Plate XLIII Fasting Buddha, Peshawar Museum
Excavations at Takht i Bahi Plate XLV Fasting Buddha with Tripusha and Bhallika, Peshawar Museum
Balkh
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Balkh is a city in northern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 148,972 people. It is the second largest city of Balkh Province and is within the jurisdiction of Balkh District. Balkh is loca
Trapusa and Bahalika
…honour him in his absence. The Buddha gave them eight of his hairs as relics. They made golden caskets for the relics and took them to their own city (Balkh) where they enshrined them in a stupa by the city gate. See Nava Vihara. Xuanzang recounts that theirs was the first ever Buddhist Stupa to be made and…
Ruins of the Green Mosque of Balkh, 2018
Silver coin of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I, one of the rulers of ancient Balkh, 3rd-2nd century BC.
Bahlika Kingdom alongside other locations of kingdoms and republics mentioned in the Indian epics or Bharata Khanda.
An ambassador from Balkh (白題國 Baitiguo) to the Tang dynasty, Wanghuitu (王會圖), circa 650 CE.