| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OB00044 |
| Title | Nalanda Clay Seal of Budhagupta |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00049 |
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| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Description | |
| Material | Clay / terracotta |
| Object Type | Seal |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 4.5 |
| Height | 10.5 |
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| Details | About half of the original oval seal (split vertically; the proper left remains). The upper field of the seal, separated by a double horizontal line, is occupied by an effigy of Garuḍa. To his proper left is a small disc that may be the Sun (on similar seals, the Sun is to Garuḍa's proper right, and a crescent Moon is on his left). |
| History | |
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| Place | Nālandā |
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| Place | Archaeological Museum, Nālandā |
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| Details | Discovered in 1927-28 during the excavation of Monastery site 1 at Nālandā along with OB00034, OB00046, OB00047, OB00048, OB00049 and OB00052. All these seals are clay impressions that seem to have been baked accidentally in a monastery fire. Probably now in the Archaeological Museum, Nalanda. |
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