A coral head of Medusa from Bactria or Gandhara, 2nd–1stC BC; now in the Ashmolean.pic.twitter.com/DAgdmpl1yD
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Silver Indo-Greek coin of Demetrios I, 200–190 BC; king as 'conqueror of India' wearing elephant scalp headdress; in the Ashmolean Museum.pic.twitter.com/KKed7wWq0h
One of the most beautiful works in the whole museo, imho ...
Can't disagree...!
There's a sandstone Buddha similar to this at the Auckland Museum:pic.twitter.com/kbPfd21vkK
Oh, gosh, yes!
Here's a detail of the frieze, with clearly Corinthian columns.pic.twitter.com/Z5czvQ5KzJ
Academic on the radio (Melvyn Bragg's 'in our time') indicated that the New Testement pacifism comes from contact with Buddhist culture
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