Buddha and devotees

Relief depicting the Buddha with devotees. The scene was originally encased between two framed columns of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type, of which only that on the left is preserved. The base is plain and shows a vertical drawing line at the axis of the dividing element. The moulded cornice is decorated with a row of saw-teeth. The back face shows vertical tool marks. The Buddha is sitting on a low, moulded seat in padmāsana. The right hand is in abhayamudrā, the left is holding an edge of the saṃghāti. He is wrapped in the overrobe, with oval neckline, covering the feet. On both his sides is a male devotee – that on the right is not preserved. The figure is kneeling and joining his hands. He is dressed in a paridhāna with girdle and an uttarīya, and wears a skull-cap turban with fantail, earrings, and a long necklace. Three male devotees are standing in the background. The first one, who is carved in bust, and the second are turning towards the Buddha, while the third one, also depicted in bust, is looking to the left. The first figure has short curly hair. The other two have a turban with a fantail.