[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Birth of the Buddha # Birth of the Buddha The panel is roughly rectangular and is carved in high-relief combining both the sequential subjects of the Birth of the Buddha and the Seven Steps. Queen Maya, the Buddha's mother, stands beneath a canopy of leaves of a Sala-tree, denoting the Lumbini Forest where the event takes place. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1–200 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-109-1927](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-109-1927) · Pramāṇa