Studies in Indian Art c12.s3.t2.6

c12.s3.t2.6

2. Upper Fragment of a Bodhisattva head [No. 2367, now deposited in the Mathurā Museum, originally obtained by me from Mahadeva Ghat, Sadar Bazar, Mathura]:—Fortunately, enough portion is preserved to reveal the true character of the image. The Dhyāni Buddha is seated in padmāsana in abhayamudrā, and has a circular halo of segmented border. On both sides there is a worshipper standing with folded hands, and each has a halo round the head. The composition and style of the figures are extraordinarily similar to those of the group on the top of the relic casket from Kanishka's Stūpa at Peshawar. We may be justified in identifying the two attendant figures, whose divine rank is beyond doubt, as Indra and Brahmā. The Dhyāni Buddha is without a lotus-seat. This piece also must belong to the same period as the Bodhisattva Maitreya given above. The Dhyāni Buddha also on account of the abhayamudrā should be identified as Amoghasiddhi. This head was described in the *Ann. Bib. of Indian Archaeology* for 1934, p. 14 [*V. S. Agrawala, Acquisitions to the Mathurā Museum*].