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Kanishka was a champion of the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) school, which attributed for the first time a quasi-divinity to Buddha; his active patronage of the arts led to the creation of the first bronze and stone sculptures of Buddha.
However, it has tacitly encouraged the rebels, in the belief that Mobutu's patronage of guerrilla forces in the region is destabilizing.
Bin Laden, accused by the United States of masterminding the terrorist bombings of U.S. missions in East Africa last year, is hiding in Afghanistan under the patronage of the Pakistan-supported Taliban regime, Asian Age said.
Engakuji, founded in 1282, became the second most important in the group of monasteries called the Gozan (“Five Mountains”), a hierarchy established in the 14th century for the Zen temples under the official patronage of the shogunate.
The biggest beneficiaries of the patronage have been the seven best-connected magnates--"The Seven Boyars."