A gray schist relief triad ofBuddha Shakyamuniwith Bodhisattvas, Gandhara, circa3rd–4th century
NE OF THE EARLIEST—and, to collectors, most desirable—schools of Buddhist sculpture is the Gandharan, from what is now Afghanistan (Gandhara is an earlier version of the place-name Kandahar). With their elaborately draped garments and Western-looking facial features, these stone-carved figures are reminiscent of
