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5–6 CE · Schist · Asian Art

Inscribed: "In the sixty-third year of the late Great King Aya [Azes], on the sixteenth day of the month Kartia [Kartika]; at this auspicious [?] time, Prince Indravarma [Indravarman], son of the King of Apraca, establishes these bodily relics of Lord Shakyamuni; . . . he produces brahma-merit together with his mother, Rukhunaka, daughter of Aji. . . . And these bodily relics, having been brought in procession from the Muryaka cave stupa, were established in a secure [?], safe, deep [?] depository. . . ."

Artist

Unknown

Date

5–6 CE

Medium

Schist

Culture

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, Bajaur)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987