Hybrid Lecture - "IN THE TREASURE ROOM OF THE SAKRA KING: VOTIVE COINAGE FROM GANDHARAN SHRINES" Waleed Ziad (Silsila, NYU) - April 26
"IN THE TREASURE ROOM OF THE SAKRA KING: VOTIVE COINAGE FROM GANDHARAN SHRINES"
Waleed Ziad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hybrid Talk - Wednesday, April 26th, 6:30pm EDT, New York University, Room 222, 20 Cooper Square, New York, 10003
Silsila Spring 2023 Program
In a lush valley within the Sakra peak in Gandhara (northwestern Pakistan, towards the Afghanistan border) is a vast limestone cave temple, part of an ancient Hindu sacred complex. From the 4th to 12th centuries, this cluster of shrines produced hundreds of varieties of their own votive coinage – a unique case in Central and South Asia. These were miniscule copper coins, issued for pilgrims, featuring eclectic and original combinations of Greco-Roman, Iranian, Indic, and Islamic iconography. The book on which the talk is based relates the remarkable story of transculturation and artistic innovation during the most neglected yet formative years of the region's history.
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