Standing Buddha from Gandhara (Tokyo)

One of the first representations of the Buddha, 1st–2nd century AD, Gandhara in Pakistan.

The Standing Buddha of the Tokyo National Museum is an example of Greco-Buddhist statuary. Comparable ones can be found in the Guimet Museum in France, and in the National Museum, New Delhi besides various other museums of South Asia. The statue was excavated at Gandhara, Pakistan, and dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.