A relief depicting the Taming of the Elephant. The story tells of one of the many attempts of the jealous Devadatta to kill his cousin the Buddha. One day, when the Buddha was in Rājagṛha, Devadatta released a mad elephant to harm the Blessed One. The animal rushes against the …

Part of a frieze with two superimposed registers, the lower one preserving four separate scenes from the Last Existence, the upper one a row of female figures. The scenes in the lower register are separated by framed half-columns of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The registers are separated by a balcony showing …

Part of a frieze depicting two separate scenes from the Last Existence. Both the base and cornice consist of a plain fillet. The back face shows tool marks. The right scene represents the Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven. Tuṣita is the abode of the deities and bodhisattvas. The buddha-to-be Maitreya resides …

Part of a figured cornice depicting four different motifs. The base consists of a plain fillet, the cornice is projecting and decorated with a row of bordered original leaf-and-dart. A rectangular tenon with a dovetail socket is carved on the bottom face. On both sides of the top face is …

A fragment of a relief preserving the outline of a sitting figure on the right and the remains of a standing one on the left.

A fragment of a relief showing the upper part of a framed semi-column of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type with back-to-back bulls on the capital. A circular nail hole is drilled in the proper upper right section of the relief.

A fragment of a relief with two superposed registers. The lower one originally showed separate scenes from the Buddha’s Life Existence, of which only two male figures on the right remain. The upper one preserves traces of a male and a female figure. The registers are divided by a …

Fragment of a relief showing the bust of a young ascetic. The figure was standing, his head turning to his right. He is holding a hemispherical bowl with a shallow body and thickened rim and with food inside. He has open eyes and long straight hair with a vertical knot …

Fragment of a relief showing three female figures. They are all standing. The figure on the right, who is wearing a large wreath, is turned towards that in the centre. This latter, carved in the right three-quarter view, seems to be in a hunched pose as though she were drunk …

A relief depicting the Conversion of Apalāla. The nāga king Apalāla, furious for not receiving proper offerings from the local community, threatens to cause disastrous floods in the valley. The Buddha and Vajrapāṇi, while traveling to promulgate the Doctrine, seek to help the people and subdue the vicious nāga. Vajrapāṇi …

Head of a male figure. The hair is rendered with vertical strands converging at the centre.

Relief showing the Distribution of the Relics. According to Buddhist texts, eight parties claim the Buddha’s relics with hostility. Eventually they submit to the arbitration of the brahmin Droṇa who equally distributes the Buddha’s holy remains. The base was plain. The scene was encased between two framed half …

A fragment of a relief probably depicting Siddhārtha in school. Prince Siddhārtha is taken to school to be educated as befits his rank. He proves to be well-learned in all the sciences, including writing. The projecting base is plain. The back shows tool marks. Siddhārtha is sitting on a seat …

Fragment of a relief showing the torso and part of the legs of a standing male figure. He is wearing a paridhāna and an uttarīya exposing the torso and covering the left shoulder. The drapery is rendered with dense and thick folds. He has a short flat-band beaded neckline.

A relief decorated with a lattice of rosettes with six petals and pistil. One side is framed with a row of tangential pearls. The top face shows three sockets.

Fragment of a relief depicting a buddha and a devotee. The base is plain. A tenon is carved on the bottom face. The back face shows vertical tool marks. The buddha is sitting in padmāsana on a low seat with a cushion. His right hand was in abhayamudrā, his left …

A relief representing five ascetics. The base is a plain fillet, the cornice consists of a row of vertical separate acanthus leaves with plain leaves behind. On the back there are large mostly vertical chisel marks. On top, there are two rectangular tenons. The proper right side is rebated, as …