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Relief depicting the Buddha’s descent from the Heaven of the Thirty-three gods
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Description
The Buddha, flanked by the gods Brahma and Indra, descends the triple stairway from the Trayastrimsha heaven, where he had gone to preach to his mother Maya and the gods. The virtuous nun Utpalavarna kneels below.
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3rd century AD (AD 201 - 300)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)
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the Buddha (active c. 560 BC - c. 486 BC) (subject)
- Material and technique
- schist
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 27.7 x 5.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2000.
- Accession no.
- EA2000.35
Location
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Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600
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Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600
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