Seated Bodhisattva with Combined Halo and Mandorla, 5th–6th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stucco, H. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Sculpture, In Gandhara the appearance of a halo surrounding an entire figure occurs only in the latest phases of artistic production, in the fifth and sixth centuries. By this time in Afghanistan the halo/mandorla had become quite common and is the format that took hold at Central Asian Buddhist sites
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