Silver flowers

Nine silver flowers found in the golden casket (Acc.No.424) Nine numbers of silver flowers (rajatapushpas). Extant specimens indicate that these are fashioned out thin rectangular silver sheets by cutting the edges of one of the longer sides and roling to resemble a five (rectangular) petalled flower.

Kind

artefact

Date

200–399 CE

Place

Nāgārjunakoṇḍa (16.5200, 79.2400)