[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) › Reliquary # Reliquary This relic container was excavated at Stupa 2 at Sonari, a Buddhist monastery six miles south-west of Sanchi, by Alexander Cunningham and F. C. Maisey in 1851. It was found to contain three miniature reliquaries – two in steatite and one in rock crystal - as well as a quantity of powdered bone-ash and a piece of wood. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 205–196 BCE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-219-1921](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-219-1921) · Pramāṇa