Buddhist sculpture slab excavated at Lorian Tangai, Peshawar District: the birth of Buddha. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Small format print. Briefly described (and illustrated at plate 7a) in N. G. Majumdar, 'A Guide to the Sculptures in the Indian Musem. Part II. The Graeco-Buddhist School of Gandhara' (Delhi, 1937), p. 38. Indian Museum register number 5034. Gandharan art.
Buddhist sculpture slab excavated at Lorian Tangai, Peshawar District: the pravrajya of Prince Siddhartha. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Sculpture relief panel of The Great Departure (mahabhinishkramana), showing Prince Gautama, mounted on his favourite horse Kanthakaas he leaves his family in the quest for Supreme Knowledge. The royal groom Chhandaka holds a parasol over his head Indian Museum accession number 5043, schist, Kus...
Buddhist sculptures excavated at Lorian Tangai, Peshawar District: small friezes with scenes from the life of Buddha. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin