Explore the early development of Indian art, from the artefacts of the Indus Valley to the Hindu and Buddhist sculpture of north India and Gandhara.
This fragment belonged to a Buddha image of monumental size. The hand of the Buddha is raised towards the viewer in the fear-dispelling or blessing gesture. On the palm is the Wheel of Dharma, representing the Buddha’s teaching.
Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 92
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