Fragment of a relief probably 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 …
Fragment of a relief preserving the remains of two distinct, unidentified scenes. The base consisted of a projecting band, the cornice was possibly decorated with a row of bead-and-reel, of which only scanty traces are discernible. The two scenes were separated by a framed pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with …
A simple false niche showing a scene from the Last Existence and a scene of adoration. The simple niche consists of one nave, an architrave, a volute semi-arch, and a figured finial.
The nave rests on a base composed of a plain fillet and is framed by a first plain …
A figured cornice preserving three figures – the one on the right is chipped – each under an arch. The dividing elements consist of a framed half-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a short flute on the left, and framed pilasters of the same type in the center. The cornice is composed …
A cornice preserving two male figures each under an arch. The base is plain, the cornice is decorated with a row of bead-and-reel between a plain fillet.
Two male figures are depicted in bust and in profile with their backs to each other. They wear a mantle and are possibly …
A relief displaying a buddha and devotees. The base was plain, the cornice was carved with a row of dentils with same height and width below and of a projecting plain fillet above. The back face shows vertical marks of chisel.
The buddha is sitting in dhyānamudrā and padmāsana under …
Part of a relief depicting two figures. The cornice consists of a projecting plain fillet. A tenon is preserved below on the left.
In the figurative field are two much-worn figures. They are depicted in bust under a carinated arch, and separated by a framed half-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type …
Part of a cornice showing three figures – the one on the left not preserved - each under an arch. They are separated by a three-like column.
The base consists of a plain fillet, the cornice of two projecting, superimposed plain fillets.
The proper left flank of the central arch appears to …
Fragment of a relief preserving a male figure standing under a city door. The base consists of a plain band, the cornice of two superimposed plain fillets, a row of saw-teeth, and a projecting plain band. The back shows vertical marks of a chisel.
A male figure is standing with …
Part of a relief depicting three male figures each under a city door. The base consists of a projecting plain band. The figures are separated by two columns of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type. The back face shows marks of chisel.
Three male figures are standing each under a city door. The …
Part of a cornice preserving two monks. The base consists of a projecting plain fillet, the cornice of two superimposed projecting plain fillets and of a projecting plain band. The monks are separated by a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The scene is encased on the right by a vertical …
Part of a false-niche preserving four scenes in as many registers. Each register is separated by a fillet. The first is decorated with a row of ogival upright leaf-and-dart; the second possibly with a row of trifid calices, alternating vertical and reverse, separate; the third with a row of tangential …
Part of a relief showing the Buddha’s Birth. 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 and supernatural beings witness the event.
The scene is encased by a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian …
Part of a relief showing two garland-bearers. The projecting base consists of a plain plinth, a smooth torus, and a cavetto, the cornice of a plain fillet. A rectangular tenon is preserved on the left-proper face. A rectangular socket is carved in the top face. The back face shows vertical …
A stele statue depicting the Buddha. Two circular nail holes are drilled at the waist height. The back face shows horizontal marks of chisel.
The Buddha is sitting in padmāsana and abhayamudrā on a seat with grass spread over it. He is wrapped in the overrobe with covered feet, the …
A figured bracket. The back face preserves a scanty portion of the tenon.
The bracket is of the S-shaped pillar type featuring a Gandharan-Corinthian capital. The central, vertical groove is rectangular in section and is decorated with a twisted motif. The top face shows a rosette with pointed sepals.
A small stūpa with scenes on the first storey, all showing a buddha and devotees. A square-section socket for the harmikā is carved atop the dome.
The first storey features a base with a plinth and a smooth torus. The body shows identical, repeated scenes of a buddha and devotees …
A figured harmikā belonging to a little stūpa. The base is plain, the cornice is carved with a row of ogival leaves pointing up. A circular hole for the pinnacle is drilled in the centre. The top surface shows drawing lines.
The figured field depicts a buddha with a devotee …
Fragment of a relief preserving a garland-bearer and a female figure. The base features a torus moulding. The relief was encased between a framed pillar featuring a long flute. The same element is found on the proper left face.
The plinth is decorated with a half-rosette scroll, the torus with …