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| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Allahabad Museum, Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | NM-ALH-UP-23852 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Standing Bodhisattva Dedicated by Buddhamitra |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Sculpture - प्रतिमा |
| Dynasty /वंश | Kushanas - कुषाण |
| 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। | Display |
| 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 | 113 x 40.5 cm |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | The head and right arm are missing. The left arm is held akimbo, the clenched fist resting against the upper hip. The figure stands in samabhanga posture, the legs placed apart. Between the legs is a bouquet consisting of five lotus buds and one full-blown lotus flower. To the left of the figure, below the samghati folds, are asoka flowers. The Buddha wears a diaphanous antaravasaka reaching below the knees, a samghati covering the left shoulder and arm, and a ribbon like girdle, knotted on the right side, with the loose ends falling over the thigh. The folds are indicated by light incisions and grooved ridges. The fleshy modeling of the torso, the powerful legs spreading outwards below the knees, and the broad, square shoulders are features shared in common with other images of the early phase of the Kusana school of Mathura. On the back are traces of a halo with scalloped edge. This figure is a product of the great workshops at Mathura from where it was exported to Kausambi, its actual find spot. The similarity to the Bala image, also made at Mathura, but found at Sarnath, is striking (cf. ASIAR, 1904-05, Pl. XXVI a-d). The nun Buddhamitra, who dedicated this image, is also associated with the Sarnath image, being mentioned in the long inscription on the stone post which supported the umbrella (Sahni, Catalogue of the Museum of Archaeology at Sarnath, p. 35). The square pedestal bears the following inscription (El XXIV (1937-38), p. 212]. Line 1 [Ma]h[a]rajasya Kan[i]shkasa samva[tsa]r[e]2 h(e) 2 di 8 Bodhisatvo(ttvam) pra[ti]— Line 2 [shtha]payati bhikhuni Buddhamitra trepit[i]ka bhagavato Buddhasa cha[m]kame “In the year 2 of Maharaja Kanishka, on the 8th day of the 2nd (month) of Hemanta, (Buddhist) nun Buddhamitra, who is well-versed in the Tripitaka, sets up (this image of) Bodhisattva at the promenade of the Lord Buddha.†This figure, being dated in the second year of Kanishka, is the earliest dated Buddha image known. A. Ghosh, IHQ X (1934), p. 575 suggests that the date is perhaps to be read as anno 22 and not 2 |
| 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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