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# Female attendant

These two figures once formed part of the decoration of a Buddhist monument in the Gandharan region of Pakistan. Both were once richly painted, and traces of yellow, red, and brown iron-oxides are still clearly visible. They are made of stucco, a plaster largely composed of lime and sand.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 300–500 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-318-1951](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-318-1951) · Pramāṇa
