BORASAN 773 
Greek art became widely disseminated, even reaching, as 
we have seen, as far as Khotan. 
In Khotan I had the good fortune to procure a number 
of images of Buddha, cast in bronze and copper, and 
likewise unearthed at Borasan. These, there can be no 
doubt, belong to a later age, after the influence of Greek 
artistic standards was completely swamped by purely 
native ideals. I am inclined to assign these bronzes to 
BRONZE BODHIS.ATVAS FROM BORASAN 
One-half of natural size 
the fourth or fifth century of our present era. T hey 
exhibit the same characteristic attributes as quite modern 
representations of the god. 
The illustration on this page depicts a bronze image o 
Buddha of a different type, but likewise brought to lig 
at Borasan. It is a product of pure Indian art ot an 
antique period. An especial Interest attaches to is 
shield -shaped object. At the first gdance ^ro^ 
would seem to consist of seven distinct images of Buddha 
one at the top and three at each side. In the ancient 
