Shahji-ki-Dheri. Kanishka's relic casket. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
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Eight views of the casket decorated with figures, including the Buddha, Bodhisattvas and flying geese. The reliquary was discovered during excavations in 1908-09 in the Kanishka Stupa at Shahji-ki-Dheri on the outskirts of Peshawar. Now in the Peshawar Museum.
[Unknown location]. Buddha with Bodhisattva (presented by Mr Fitzpatrick). Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
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Note on page 4 of the Annual Report reads: 'Mr Fitzpatrick, the Assistant Commissioner in Mardan, has given us a late stone representing the Buddha seated between two Bodhisattvas, which is interesting as showing Avalokitesvara in the position of honour on the left instead of the more usual posi...
Hari Chand. Four-armed goddess standing (presented by Mr Anson). Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
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Note on page 4 of the Annual Report reads: '...perhaps the most valuable of the stones presented this year is the large standing figure (headless) presented by Mr Anson, Assistant Commissioner, Charsadda. This figure, which is some 3½ feet high in its present condition, was found at a small moun...