The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c12.49

c12.49

I. — Group, consisting of Pāñcika and Hāritī, now in the Peshawar Museum, and reproduced from a photograph kindly lent by Dr. J. Ph. Vogel. It comes from the excavations made by Dr. D. B. Spooner at Sahri-Bahlol, and has already been published by him in *Arch. Surv. India, Annual Report*, 1906-7, pl. XXXII, *c*. In his hands, both broken, the genius of riches must have held (right) his lance and (left) the purse which Hāritī, apparently, was helping him to exhibit to the gladdened eyes of the faithful (cf. pp. 141-3 and 283). In addition to the nursling of the goddess we see also around them five other *putti*, whilst sixteen more play about on the pedestal.