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| Object ID | OB00111 |
| Title | Sarnath Relief Panel of the 5th Century |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00123 |
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| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Sculpture |
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| Details | A relief panel showing three scenes of the Buddha's life, presumably his birth, enlightenment and first sermon. Dimensions not reported. The inscription is below the bas-relief. |
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| Date | probably in 1835-36 |
| Place | Sārnāth |
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| Latest: | |
| Date | 1888 |
| Place | Imperial Museum, Calcutta |
| Authority | Fleet, J. F. (1888). Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings and Their Successors. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. |
| Details | Discovered by Cunningham, probably in 1835-36. The panel was found tightly stacked with many other sculptures in the remnants of a small building a few metres to the north of a temple "in the high ground to the westward" (site plan in ASIR 01: Plate 33). |
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