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The biggest beneficiaries of the patronage have been the seven best-connected magnates--"The Seven Boyars."
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.
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.
His tenure began with a splashy exhibition on royal patronage and built to the crescendo of "King Tut," which visitors waited in long lines to see in 1977.
Well, he did succeed in coercing Time Warner into selling its interest in the gangsta-rap heavy Interscope label--only to see the label and its artists thrive under the patronage of its new co-owners MCA.