Last Existence: Buddha's birth

Part of a relief depicting the Buddha’s birth. In the Lumbinī Park, Māyā gives birth to Siddhārtha holding the branches of a śāla tree. The infant Siddhārtha emerges from the right side. Gods and supernatural beings witness the event. The base is plain. The back face shows horizontal marks of chisel. Māyā is shown standing frontal with crossed legs, her right hand originally grasped a branch of a śāla tree, the left grabbed a female attendance on her left. She is dressed in a dhotī and a tunic. The female attendant is standing in left profile, the weight of the body is placed on her left leg. Her left hand is resting on Māyā’s belly. She possibly wears a paridhāna. On the left, Indra is standing in right profile and is holding the infant Siddhārtha in a cloth. The god wears a paridhāna. A male figure – of which only the legs are preserved – is standing frontal next to him. He is clothed in a paridhāna.