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Title
Detail of Panel showing the Buddha's Life
Subject
The eight great events of the Buddha's life
Description
Detail of (Depiction upper middle left) of the Panel showing Buddha's Life. The Image shows Buddha's descent from the Tāvatiṃsa heaven. The Image shows the Buddha standing in the middle, two persons beside him (propably Sariputra and Utpalavarna?, the two monks who greeted the Buddha after he came down from the Tāvatiṃsa Heaven). Normally there are stairs depicted in this type of image, because the Buddha came down those stairs after going to heaven to teach his mother in the Dharma.
Source
http://www.sarnathmuseumasi.org/gallery/Gallery2%20Acc%20No%20261.html
Publisher
Archeological Museum of Sarnath, Saranth Station Rd, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, Indien. Accession Nr. 261.
Date
Gupta Period, ca. 5th c. ( dated by Elena A. Pakhoutoua, Diss. 284, 7th-8th c.)
Type
stone sculpture
Coverage
Sarnath, Bihar, India