[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Figure of Avalokiteshvara # Figure of Avalokiteshvara (Figure of Avalokiteśvara) A limestone ('Palnad marble') figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, carved in high relief on a rectangular slab; standing and holding a lotus in his left hand, with the right hand held in varada mudra (gesture of liberality). - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 700–899 CE - **Place:** Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-59](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-59) · Pramāṇa