<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKanishka alikuwa mwanzilishi wa shule ya Mahayana Gari Kubwa, ambayo kwa mara ya kwanza ilihusisha Buddha kama mungu; msaada wake wa sanaa ulisababisha uundaji wa sanamu za kwanza za shaba na mawe za Buddha.  <response>: 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. 