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Reliquary base with inscription

  • Description

    The kharoshthi inscription on this lidded Buddhist reliquary includes a date, possibly 2 BC.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)
    Date
    2 BC - 1st half of the 1st century AD
    Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)
    Material and technique
    schist
    Dimensions
    5.3 cm (height)
    10.4 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    inorganic › stone › schist
    Technique index
    formed › carved,
    carved
    Object type index
    religious/ritual equipment › reliquary
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1995.
    Accession no.
    EA1995.72.a

  • Further reading

    Fussman, Gérard, ‘Nouvelles Inscriptions Śaka (III)’, Bulletin de l'Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient, 74, (1985), 35-41

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600

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