Buddha Basics & Gandhara style

Basic Buddhism Guide from BuddhaNet 
Buddhism and Buddhist Art essay at the TOAH
The Art of Buddhism (Freer & Sackler Gallery Guide -- several pages)

Life of the Buddha essay at the TOAH
BuddhaNet article about the Buddha’s First Sermon at Sarnath
Article on Greco-Buddhist art at Wikipedia
Gandhara period frieze of the First Sermon at the Met

Buddha Statues from Gandhara

·         Basic Buddhism Guide from BuddhaNet 

·         BuddhaNet article about Buddha’s First Sermon at Sarnath

·         Life of the Buddha essay at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

·         Article on Greco-Buddhist art at Wikipedia

·         Another Gandhara period frieze of the First Sermon at the Met