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# Male attendant

These two figures once formed part of the high-relief decoration of a Buddhist monument in the Gandharan region of Pakistan. The rapid expansion of Buddhist monasteries demanded quicker and less expensive methods of decoration.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-319-1-2-1951](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-319-1-2-1951) · Pramāṇa
