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# Figure of Maitreya

Standing Bodhisattva, probably Maitreya and originally in abhaya and holding a water pot. The uttarīya is worn in the wide mode with folds bunched in higher relief across the legs and a length emerges from under and behind the shoulder loop to cross the lost forearm.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1937-0716-157](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1937-0716-157) · Pramāṇa
