Alloy Statue of Nagarjuna,Ming Dynasty statue of Buddha,overall height:19cm,base:15cm wide

Nagarijuna was the forefather of the Madhyamika of the Greater Vehicle of Buddhism in ancient India and one of the six philosophers in the Southern Continent.He was born from a Brahmanan family in Southern India four hundred years later after the death of Sakyamuni.He began to study Four Tantras, Tantric Tripitaka, other classics and other knowledge.He was initiated by Grand Chan Master Sa-rab-hapa in the Nalanda Monastery and was given a monastic title of dPal-sde Bhiksu.He wrote many Buddhist works,such as Six Kinds of Theories on the Madhyamika and Collected Works of Treatises.He also wrote many books on medicine,including Method of Preparing Root of Chinese Alpine Rush(Herb),Catalogue of Precious Herbs,The Way of Longevity,Smelting Method of Mercury,Four Ways of Curing Poisoning,etc.He also participated in designing and constructing many pagodas and monasteries.He had many disciples,among whom Aryadeva was the most outstanding one.