The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.110

c11.s1.110

2. (L., 214). An edifice cuts the panel into two distinct parts. On the right Maitrakanyaka is practising his last sedentary occupation, that of a goldsmith, as is proved by the small balance held by a woman, who may be either his mother or a simple customer. In the foreground a purse, bigger than that of the preceding picture, is doubtless supposed to contain the 32 kārshāpaṇas. The four legendary gifts would thus have been reduced by the sculptor to two. — On the left, in fact, despite the poor state of the bas-relief, we see the mother of Maitrakanyaka vainly prostrated at his feet (pl. XLII, 1). Wilsen had given her a moustache, which cut short all identification; and this explains why that of Dr. S. d'Oldenburg, based upon the lithographs, began only at the following picture, that of the wreck.