Figure of Buddha

Standing Buddha. A figure of the Buddha, carved in black schist, standing on a lotus base; the proper right hand is in varadamudrā; the whole is surrounded by a flaming halo. To the proper left of the Buddha is a kneeling figure of Maitreya (the Buddha of the future, worshipping his predecessor). Inscribed.

Kind

artefact

Date

600–799 CE

Place

Sultânganj (25.2383, 86.7356)