有关北凉石塔的研究许多学者认为其源点主要是印度犍陀罗艺术,[1]然根据已发现的实物资料来看,不仅解释不了犍陀罗至南北朝之间近150年的环节缺失,西域地区造像特征在北凉石塔中并未有突出的体现。而且北凉石塔的大多数佛衣风格、手印以及神王的特征都受到南方早期汉晋佛像的影响。从中可以推测北凉石塔造像风格的来源很可能是南方早期的汉晋佛像。且在3世纪时西域地区发现很多写有南方纪年的经文,这说明南方与高昌地区佛教早在此时便已有交流与传播。 Many scholars believe that the source of its origins is mainly Indian Gandhara art [1] However, according to the found physical data, not only can not explain the Gandhara to the Northern and Southern Dynasties nearly 150 years of missing links, The characteristics of the statues of the Western Regions did not show prominently in the Northern Liangshi Pagoda. Moreover, most of the northern cobblestone Buddhist style, handprints and features of the god king are influenced by the early Han and Jin dynasties Buddha statues in the south. From which it can be speculated that the source of the style of the Northern Beacon is likely to be the early Han and Jin statues in the South. And in the third century, many texts of the Southern Chronicle were found in the Western Regions. This shows that Buddhism in the South and Gaochang had been exchanged and disseminated as early as this time.