Bimaran casket
Gold reliquary bearing one of the earliest images of the Buddha in human form
- Style
- Gandhara art — The Buddha in a Greek mantle: Hellenistic sculpture in the service of Buddhism
- Century
- 1st century
Made around the same time (±30 years)
- c. 40–60 Pont du Gard · Ancient Roman art · Near Nîmes, Gaul
- c. 46 Takht-i-Bahi · Gandhara art · Mardan, Pakistan
- c. 50–250 Fayum mummy portraits · Ancient Roman art · Faiyum, Egypt
What was happening in the world
- c. 33 Crucifixion of Jesus