Why the first Buddhas in art wore finely folded Greek tunics
How the iconography of Greek art influenced the development of an increasingly standardised image of the Buddha in India
by Garrett Ryan
Garrett Ryan has a PhD in Greek and Roman history from the University of Michigan, and has taught in the history and Classics departments of several universities. He is the author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants (2021) and presents the Toldinstone channel on YouTube. He lives in Chicago.
Written by Garrett Ryan