Dat ik de tentoonstelling ‘Gandhara heritage along the Silk Road’
kon bezoeken was zo’n enorm geluk.
Ook als ik nu aan de blogberichten werk geniet ik daar nog van.
In september vorig jaar was ik 1 hele dag in Lanzhou, toen ging
ik naar het Provincial Museum of Gansu.
Niet gereserveerd maar kon toch aan een kaartje komen.
Het was er erg druk. Ook zonder de tentoonstelling is dit
een heel interessant museum.

China, Lanzhou, Provincial Museum of Gansu, The Great Departure, 3rd – 4th century, Mardan District, National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi, grey schist.

Visit to the Ascetics, 2nd century, Gandhara District, Peshawar Museum, schist.

Het is voor mij altijd een beetje lastig om naar deze voorstelling te kijken maar ik neem aan dat het voor niet-Christenen ook ingewikkeld is om naar een gekruisigd persoon te kijken. Fasting Siddhartha, 3rd – 4th century, 1911 Jamal Garhi, Mardan District, National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi, schist.

Wikipedia:

The ruins of Jamal Garhi were first discovered by the British explorer and archaeologist Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1848. The stupa at the site was opened by Colonel Lumsden in 1852 but little of value was found at the time. In 1871, the site was excavated by Lieutenant Cromten, who unearthed a large number of Buddhist sculptures which are now part of the collections of the British Museum and the Indian Museum in Calcutta. At the monastery a Kharoshti inscription (The Kharoṣṭhī script (Sanskrit: 𐨑𐨪𐨆𐨮𐨿𐨛𐨁𐨌), also known as the Gāndhārī script, was an ancient Indic script used by various peoples from the north-western outskirts of the Indian subcontinent (present-day Pakistan) to Central Asia via Afghanistan.) was also discovered which is now kept in Peshawar Museum.

Meditation in the Indrasailaguha, 3rd – 4th century, Mamane Dheri, Charsadda District, Peshawar Museum, grey schist.

Wikipedia:

The Indrasala Cave, also called Indrasila Guha or Indrasaila Cave, is a cave site mentioned in Buddhist texts. It is stated in Buddhist mythology to be the cave where Buddha lived for a while, and gave the sermon called the Sakkapañha Sutta to deity Indra.

In the Sakkapañha Sutta sermon, the Buddha addresses Sakra (also known as Indra) accompanied by Pancasikha (also known as Kubera). After some harp-playing by Pancasikha, Indra asks 42 questions to the Buddha, which he answers. The teachings in this Indrasala Cave Sutta is, in part, the basis for the Theravada tradition of punna (earning merit) and varam (favor).

In een volgend bericht nog meer van deze tentoonstelling.