Pilaster

Drum pilaster in limestone ('Palnad marble') carved in four registers with Prince Siddhartha taking leave of his groom Chandaka and his horse Kanthaka, the Temptation or the Assault of the Demon Mara upon the Buddha, the First Sermon and the Death of the Buddha. Inscribed.

Kind

artefact

Date

200–240 CE

Place

Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600)