Articles by DiGA

Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven

A panel depicting the Bodhisattva in Tuṣīta Heaven. The base is a plain fillet. The back side shows deep parallel vertical chisel marks. The scene represents the Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven. Tuṣita is the abode of the deities and bodhisattva. The buddha-to-be Maitreya resides here, as the other bodhisattvas before …
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Winged male figure

A bracket spacer depicting a winged male figure. There are almost vertical chisel marks on the back. The back part is wedge-shaped for fitting purposes. On the figured field a male figure is represented on a low projecting podium in left profile. He is seated on the floor with the …
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Buddha and devotees

Part of a harmikā, preserving a buddha and devotees on one side, and part of the same scene on another. The base consists of a plain band. The piece had originally four sides and a central hole for the pinnacle, of which part is still visible. The scene on the …
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Adoration of the stūpa

Part of a relief depicting the adoration of the stūpa. There are large parallel vertical toolmarks on the back side. A nail hole cuts across the relief in the upper left corner. The panel includes three registers separated by plain fillets. The base is also a plain fillet, while the …
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Male figures

Fragment of a relief representing three busts. There are toolmarks on the back and top. A circular drill hole for nails is visible in the hollow between the two figures on the right. The projecting cornice was decorated with a now unidentifiable motif. The extant relief depicts three figures standing …
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Male donor and devotee

Fragment of a false-niche. There are scattered large toolmarks on the back. The fragment consists in the left voluted semi-arch of a complex false-niche. The frame is decorated with a row of saw-teeth and there are purlins in the intrados. The base of the figured field is a plain fillet …
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Buddha

A bracket spacer depicting the bust of a buddha. On the back the surface is rebated along the border for fitting purposes. Against a plain background, stands frontal the bust of a buddha with the right hand raised in abhayamudra. He wears an overrobe with round neckline and he has …
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Bodhisattva

Head of a bodhisattva. There are large parallel tool marks on the back. The bodhisattva has a nimbus with plain band and border with lotus petals. He has a moustache, plump upper lip, elongated eyes and a large urṇa on the forehead. The hair is arranged in ringlets converging to …
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Last Existence: Story of Upāli

Fragment of a relief depicting a scene from the Last Existence. On the rough back side are visible some tool marks. The scene depicts the Story of Upāli. According to some sources, when in Rājagṛha, the Buddha used to have his hair cut by a child named Upāli since nobody …
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Ascetics

A very worn panel depicting ascetics. On the left there is an elderly ascetic seated in left profile and leaning on his staff. In front of him there are three more figures, the last one on the left holds a water flask in his left. The three of them have …
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Male donors

Fragment of a figured cornice depicting a row of busts under ogival windows. There is a vertical continuous socket on the right side of the back, and a rectangular tenon on the bottom. The cornice includes a plain base, a figured register and a row of ogival leaves topped by …
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Male figures

Fragment of a relief depicting a row of busts under arches. There are parallel vertical toolmarks on the back. The relief originally consisted of two registers of which only the upper one survives. The registers were divided by a row of tangential double concentric disks with central small circle. The …
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Ascetic

Fragment of a relief depicting an ascetic. The base is a plain fillet. On the right there is a small tree with branches going upward and one downward and with lanceolate leaves. At the centre of the fragment an ascetic leans on his staff with crossed ankles, the right hand …
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Cornice of monument with stepped pyramids

A cornice with architectural decoration. There are large toolmarks on the back. To the left side of the back there is a vertical continuous socket partially filled by residues. On the bottom there are two rectangular tenons. The cornice is decorated with a railing topped by a row of stepped …
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Last Existence: Visit of the Ascetics

Fragment of a relief preserving the bust of an ascetic on the right and the hands and bust of another figure on the left. The relief possibly depicted the Visit of the Ascetics. The Brahman teacher Bāvari sends his sixteen brahmin students to the Buddha to answer questions about the …
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Unidentified scene

Fragment of a relief preserving four figures all carved in bust. The back shows vertical tool marks. Two figures are seen in the foreground, both turning towards the left. The first is a female holding a fan in the right hand. She wears a large wreath and earrings. Only the …
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Male figure

Fragment of a relief showing a male figure wrapped in a mantle. He is standing, his right hand was raised while the left is holding his mantle (?). He has shoulder-length hair.
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Female figure

Fragment of a relief showing the legs of a female figure covered by a long garment, possibly a sāṛī.
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Figure

Fragment of a relief preserving the feet of a figure. The base is plain. The traces of a rectangular socket seem to be discernible on the back face.
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