religion birth_place teacher color nationality article_title background birth_date school name occupation
buddhism mathurā bala black indian buddhamitra
 #ffd 068 ca. 60 sarvāstivāda buddhamitrā bhikkhunī
buddhamitra

buddhamitrā -lrb- born ca. 60 -rrb- was a buddhist nun from india during the kushan empire .
she is remembered because of dated inscriptions on images of bodhisattvas and the buddha that she erected in three cities near the ganges river .
they mark her success in attracting money and patronage to the sarvāstivāda , the sect of buddhism to which she belonged .
