A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s4.12

c16.s4.12

The second casket or reliquary claiming special notice, that recently excavated from the ruins of Kanishka's huge *stūpa* at Peshāwar, is of equal artistic and still greater historical interest. The material is an alloy of copper, which seems to have been gilt. The circular, *pyxis*-shaped, main body is nearly five inches in diameter and four inches in height, the total height, including the figures on the lid, being about 7 1/4 inches (187 mm.). Mr. Marshall's description is as follows:—