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# Figure of Maitreya

Seated Bodhisattva, perhaps Maitreya, preaching. The uttarīya, in the narrow mode, lies on the left upper arm and an end emerges as a thin length over the left forearm and falls behind the knee onto the seat. The paridhāna hangs in pointed ends from the left leg and between the feet.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–299 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1902-1002-8](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1902-1002-8) · Pramāṇa
