| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OBCH0002 |
| Title | Bodhgayā stone stele with Chinese inscription of the Song dynasty |
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| Inscription(s) | INCH0002 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | H. A. Giles |
| Metadata recorded by | Alice Bollard |
| Authority for metadata | Cunningham (1892) |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Stele |
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| Details | not recorded |
| History | |
| Created: | |
| Date | Bodhgayā |
| Place | Bodhgayā |
| Other ancient history | Commissioned by monks visiting from China in the 11th century. |
| Found: | |
| Date | circa 1880 |
| Place | Bodhgayā |
| Other modern history | Cunningham (1892): 68 records that the "Chinese inscriptions, Nos. 2 and 3, PlateXXX., were actually found in situ on two slabs forming the lower part of the basement of two small Stupas built of sandstone at the spot marked Z1 in the plan. See Plate XVIII." |
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| Authority | Cunningham (1892) |
| Details | Current location is uncertain. |
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