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# Figure of Buddha

Head from a Buddha image. The head is oval to long with the uṣṇīṣa drawn in at its grooved base; the raised curving hairline and the hair, indicated by rows of roughly circular depressions, look, together with the uṣṇīṣa, like a cap set at an angle. The forehead is narrow;

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 300–499 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1936-1014-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1936-1014-1) · Pramāṇa
