Kanishka casket

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The Kanishka casket is an ancient Buddhist reliquary from the Kushan period, renowned for its intricate depictions of the Buddha and deities and its association with the reign of Emperor Kanishka I.

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Kanishka casket canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist reliquary ⓘ
Kushan-period object ⓘ
archaeological artifact ⓘ
artisticTradition Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ
associatedWith Kanishka I ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
countryOfDiscovery Pakistan ⓘ
culturalContext Kushan Empire in Gandhara ⓘ
linked to: Kushan Empire
currentLocation Peshawar Museum ⓘ
date 2nd century CE ⓘ
depicts Bodhisattvas ⓘ
Buddha ⓘ
deities ⓘ
discoveredAt Shah-ji-ki-Dheri ⓘ
linked to: Shaikhan Dheri
discoveredNear Peshawar ⓘ
discoveryDate 1908 ⓘ
excavatedBy David Brainard Spooner ⓘ
function container for Buddha’s relics ⓘ
hasPart base ⓘ
cylindrical body ⓘ
lid ⓘ
heritageStatus important Buddhist relic of Gandhara region ⓘ
iconography Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara ⓘ
linked to: Avalokiteśvara

Bodhisattva Maitreya ⓘ
linked to: Maitreya

flying deities ⓘ
garlands and floral motifs ⓘ
standing Buddha ⓘ
inscription dedicatory inscription naming Kanishka ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Kharosthi ⓘ
material carnelian ⓘ
gilded copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
lapis lazuli ⓘ
silver ⓘ
turquoise ⓘ
period Kushan period ⓘ
linked to: Kushan Empire
religion Buddhism ⓘ
shape cylindrical ⓘ
significance evidence for early Mahayana Buddhist devotion ⓘ
evidence for royal patronage of Buddhism under Kanishka I ⓘ
style Gandharan art ⓘ
technique gilding ⓘ
repoussé ⓘ
use reliquary for Buddhist relics ⓘ
writingSystem Kharosthi script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kanishka I → knownFor → Kanishka casket ⓘ