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5th–6th century · Terracotta · Asian Art
This tile decorated the courtyard of an apsidal temple at Harwan, in Kashmir. perhaps occurred in relation to the emergence of Esoteric, or Vajrayana, Buddhism. Numerals in Kharoshthi script have been incised into the tile, presumably to aid its placement.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 5th–6th century
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- India (ancient kingdom of Kashmir, Harwan)
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Gifts in memory of Anthony Gardner, 1994
