Gold Pipal leaf

Gold (inferior quality) Pipal leaf. The object is a small sheet of gold fashioned like a plain Pipal leaf. It has its distal, or top end, rolled to form a hook, which was likely used for passing a thread through.

Kind

artefact

Date

200–399 CE

Place

Nāgārjunakoṇḍa (16.5200, 79.2400)