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The Buddha with Vajrapani/Herakles and Tyche/Hariti. Site of "Tapa i Shotor", Hadda, Afghanistan. Usually dated 2nd-3rd century CE. Personal drawing. Photographic reference: [1]
Both figures "might at first (and even second) glance, pass as, say, from Asia Minor or Syria of the first or second century BC (...) these are essentially Greek figures, executed by artists fully conversant with far more than the externals of the Classical style" (Boardman, p143).
Of special notice, Herakles still has his lion skin in the left shoulder, although his club has been replaced by Vajrapani's thunderbolt.
This work of art was destroyed by the Taliban in the 1990s. Only photographs remain.
A very classical head from Gandhara, of a similar style, is today visible at the Ancient Orient Museum in Tokyo (photograph hereafter).
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| Camera manufacturer | HP |
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| Camera model | HP psc1300 |
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| Exif version | 2.2 |
| Color space | sRGB |
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