[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) › Head of the Buddha # Head of the Buddha When the V&A acquired this sculpture there was a small paper label stuck on the back of the head. It bore the following history in faded ink: ‘Found embedded in red clay and dug out during excavations for Sultangange Railway, Bengal, 1862’. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 600–800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-171-1949](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-171-1949) · Pramāṇa