The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.193
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.193
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The attendant on the right, whose *ūrṇā* is still visible, has for his head-dress, after the fashion of the god Indra, a turban enriched with jewelry, the buckle of which resembles the expanded tail of a peacock; he holds in his left hand (broken) what we take to be a bending purse. The one on the left, whose head-dress is damaged, holds in his left hand a vase, which in Gandhāra was an attribute of Brahmans and of Brahmā (cf. the references, p. 175, n. 2).