Buddhas

Part of the drum of a little stūpa with a series of buddhas under arches. The base consists of a decorated band with row of pipal leaves with pearls in the hollows, a plain torus, and a straight fillet. On top there is a projecting bracketed cornice. On the top face there are three rectangular sockets adjacent to the back, drawing lines, and two Kharoṣṭhī marks on the right, next to the first socket. The decorative field depicts four buddhas seated under round arches with volutes and pendants. The extradoses are decorated with a row of saw-teeth. The buddhas seat in dhyānamudrā and padmāsana, wrapped in the saṃghāti with covered hands and feet. The hair is rendered by stacked coils. The buddhas are separated by semi-columns of Gandharan-Persepolitan type.