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# Bodhisattva Maitreya

A seated figure of the Bodhisattva Maitreya with his hands in the dhyana mudra in his lap holding a small pear-shaped flask (now largely sliced off). He is seated cross-legged with the soles of his feet pointing upwards on a squab cushion resting on a draped plinth.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–400 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-4-1911](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-4-1911) · Pramāṇa
