A fragment of a relief depicting the Story of the White Elephant. Devadatta, Siddhārtha’s cousin, kills the state white elephant at the city gate of Kapilavastu, blocking the passage. After Ānanda’s unsuccessful attempt to throw the animal away, the Bodhisattva managed to hurl it out the city’s …
Fragment of a relief with two male figures separated by a framed pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with short flute. Both the base and cornice were plain.
The figures are standing frontally and carrying a palm leaf in one hand, the other appears to be raised to the chest. They …
Fragment of a relief originally depicting the First Bath. Soon after his birth, Prince Siddhārtha walks seven steps and proclaims this was his last rebirth. Then, two streams of water poured by gods wash the body of the newborn. The base was probably plain.
A female figure is kneeling in …
Fragment of a false niche, corresponding to the proper left half section of the carinated arch with finial. The small remaining portion of the lunette preserves the head of a buddha and that of a male devotee on the left. The scene was framed by pearls between fillets. The field …
Part of a relief depicting the Visit of the Ascetics. The Brahman teacher Bāvari sends his sixteen brahmin students to the Buddha to answer questions about the goal of his teachings and how to attain the same. Each of the sixteen ascetics pays the Buddha a visit in Śrāvastī and …
A projecting figured bracket depicting a male warrior deity. The base is plain. Both side faces show a vertical socket for wall – that on the right face is not fully preserved.
The deity is standing frontally. The right hand was holding a spear, the left is on the waist. The …
A curvilinear cornice depicting three buddhas. The moulded base is decorated with a row of pipal leaves with intermediate round elements. The projecting cornice is bracketed. The top face shows two rectangular sockets and drawing lines. The figured field preserves three buddhas sitting in padmāsana and dhyānamudrā each inside a …
A projecting figure bracket depicting an elephant. The projecting part of the figure rests on a plain base. Part of the tenon and both sockets for wall are preserved.
The elephant is standing with the trunk folded down. The animal has elongated eyes and spotted skin.
Part of a frieze showing two separated scenes – that on the right not fully preserved – from the Birth Cycle. The scenes are separated by a framed semi-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The base is plain, the cornice consists of two superimposed plain fillets. A vertical, rectangular socket is carved on …
A projecting figured bracket depicting a winged male figure. The base is decorated with a row of saw-teeth between a fillet. The trace of a Kharoṣṭhī mark is possibly seen on the bedding surface for the superimposed cornice.
The figure, whose body axis is off to his right side, sits …
Part of a curvilinear frieze depicting the Buddha performing a miracle before ascetics. The Buddha requests three ascetic brothers who were devoted to the fire god to spend the night in the hall of the fire temple. The eldest brother allows the Buddha to stay, trusting that the snake dwelling …
A projecting figure bracket depicting a winged centaur. Part of the tenon is preserved. The top face shows tool marks.
The winged centaur is standing frontally with the head turning to the right. The left hand is on the waist. The figure wears a scale coat with round neckline and …
A cornice depicting two buddhas. The moulded base is decorated with a row of pipal leaves with intermediate round elements. The projecting cornice is bracketed. The top face shows two rectangular sockets and drawing lines. The figured field preserves two buddhas sitting in padmāsana and dhyānamudrā each inside a voluted …
Part of a relief preserving three identical scenes depicting a buddha with devotees – the side ones are broken. The scenes are separated by a semi-column of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type.
The moulded base is decorated with a straight festoon with opposite ovate leaves facing right and between a fillet. The cornice …
Part of a relief with two scenes depicting the buddha and devotees. The scenes are separated by a framed pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with long flute. The base is moulded and the cornice is plain.
In the left scene, the buddha is standing frontally with the right hand in …
A relief with three scenes – the lateral ones are not preserved – separated by a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with short flute. The base is moulded and plain. The cornice consists of a projecting plain fillet and a row of saw-teeth. Two rectangular sockets and a Kharoṣṭhī mark are carved …
Fragment of a relief showing the Buddha’s Birth, of which only the lower part of Māyā’s and her attendant’s body are preserved. In the Lumbinī Park, Māyā gives birth to Siddhārtha holding the branches of a śāla tree. The infant Siddhārtha emerges from the right side. Gods …
A dividing element in the shape of a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type carved with a buddha against the shaft. The moulded base was plain. The framing was decorated with trifid calices, alternating vertical and reverse, traces of which can still be seen on the upper section. The bottom face …
A corner dividing element depicting on the front and left face a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a buddha against the shaft. The moulded base was plain, the cornice was possibly decorated with a row of dentils-and-bars with bars of the same height and smaller width. A vertical socket …
A relief showing the Preparation for the First Sermon. After he attains enlightenment, the Buddha goes to Sarnath to meet the five ascetics with whom he practiced the path of austerities in Uruvilvā before renouncing it. According to sources, the five ascetics first greet him with coldness, considering him as …