Last Existence: Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven, Unidentified scene

Part of a frieze relief with two two separate scenes. The base and cornice consist of a plain fillet. The back face shows deep parallel vertical chisel marks. The scene on the right 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 they are reborn in the human realm as buddhas. Also Śākyamuni resided in Tuśita before his last existence. The bodhisattva is sitting in padmāsana on a low seat with turned legs and a drape hanging from the front. His right hand was originally in abhayamudrā, his left is holding a kamaṇḍalu. He probably wears a paridhāna and an uttarīya; the hairdo is not discernible. To the right of the bodhisattva, in the foreground, two male figures sit under a balcony carved on the upper side of the scene. Two figures stand in the balcony, separated by a small column. The remains of two standing figures wearing large anklets are visible on the left scene. Two more figures seem to emerge from the upper part of the background. The scenes are separated by a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a buddha against the shaft. The buddha is sitting in dhyānamudrā and padmāsana over an open lotus with reverse petal. He is wrapped in the saṃghāti with covered hands and feet.