[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) › Buddha Shakyamuni # Buddha Shakyamuni This sculpture captures the inner calm and tranquillity of Buddhahood. Here the Buddha is seated in a meditation posture on a lotus pedestal, with hands in ‘dharmacakramudra’. He is expounding the Buddhist law ('dharma'), an event which took place in the deer park at Sarnath. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 800–1000 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-238-1950](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-238-1950) · Pramāṇa