Last Existence: Visit of Indra

Fragment of a relief with scenes from the Last Existence. The base consists of a plain fillet. Scattered vertical tool marks are visible on the back. The extant scene represents the Visit of Indra. The Buddha is meditating in a cave when the god Indra approaches him with the gandharva Pañcasika. The gandharva plays the harp to draw the Buddha’s attention. The latter eventually answers Indra’s questions on the causes of suffering in living beings. Buddha sits in a cave, of which remains only the lower part, in dhyānamudrā and padmāsana, wrapped in the saṃghāti with covered hands and feet, his head is missing. Outside the cave, on the right, remain the legs of a standing figure with a long garment, and the feet of another figure.