First Sermon

The panel represents Lord Buddha seated under a tree, surrounded by a number of devotees, among whom his first five disciples can be recognized from their shaven heads. He delivered his first sermon known as ‘the turning of the Wheel of Law’. The right hand of the Buddha is in abhaya mudra posture.

Kind

artefact

Date

100–199 CE

Place

Loriyan Tangai (34.5344, 71.8711)