| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Allahabad Museum, Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | NM-ALH-UP-149745 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Nativity of Buddha pillar fragment |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Sculpture - प्रतिमा |
| Dynasty /वंश | Sunga - शुंग |
| Period / तारीख/युग | |
| Style / शैली | |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Kausambi Allahabad District |
| Material / सामग्री | Sandstone - बलुआ पत्थर |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Reserve Showcase |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | |
| Weight(gm) / भार | |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | 21 x 18 cm |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | Only the upper panel of the post remains. A woman is seen supporting herself on the branch of a tree to the left of which stands a much damaged female figure with hands folded in adoration. To the right is a stambha which appears to be surmounted by a horse or a lion. The panel is bordered by a row of stepped pyramids above, and is surrounded by a narrow band of floral buds. The uppermost plain section of the post bears an inscription Pusasa thabhodhama. The panel may well be a representation of the nativity of the Buddha in the sala forest at Lumbini, in which case the main figure could be identified with Maya this identification would be further reinforced if the creature represented on the stambha were indeed a horse as it has been conjectured that the pillar set up by Asoka at Lumbini was crowned by a horse capital Vincent Smith, Monolithic Pillars or Columns of Asoka, Zeitschrift der Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft LXV 1911 , p. 23 . |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | |
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