Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya, Bihār).
Stone slab (OBCH0005) with the seven Buddhas (saptatathāgata 過去七仏) and Maitreya (弥勒仏), inscribed with a Chinese inscription (INCH0005) mentioning the figures, and the monks from China who commissioned the sculpture. Now in the Indian Museum, Kolkata.
| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OBCH0005 |
| Title | Bodhgaya, Bihar. Stone slab with the seven Buddhas, Maitreya and a Chinese inscription |
| Subtitle | Bodhgayā (बोधगया Bihār). Chinese inscription on a slab with the seven Buddhas (saptatathāgata 過去七仏) and Maitreya (弥勒仏). |
| Inscription(s) | INCH0005 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | Chau Ta-fu |
| Metadata recorded by | Michael WILLIS |
| Authority for metadata | Alexander Cunningham, Mahâbodhi, or the great Buddhist temple under the Bodhi tree at Buddha-Gaya (London: W. H. Allen, 1892). |
| Metadata improved by | Michael WILLIS |
| Authoriy for improved | Prabodh Chandra Bagchi with Chau Ta-fu, New Lights on the Chinese Inscriptions of Bodhgayā, pp. 101-104 in India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy: A Collection of Essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, edited by B. Wang and Tansen Sen (Delhi: Anthem Press, 2011). |
| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Sculpture |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 49.5 |
| Height | 26.5 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | |
| Details | Layout not recorded. According to Anderson (1883, 58), 19"·50 in length and 10"·50 in height. |
| History | |
| Created: | |
| Date | CE 1000-1100 |
| Place | Bodhgayā |
| Other ancient history | |
| Found: | |
| Date | circa 1880 |
| Place | Bodhgayā |
| Other modern history | Cunningham (1892) 38 reports "“Z4 marks the spot where the Chinese inscription with the eight figures was found. See No.5 Chinese inscription.” This is shown in his plate XVIII to the south west of the main temple. The tablet was transferred to the Indian Museum, Calcutta |
| Latest: | |
| Date | 2018-19 seen in Calcutta |
| Place | Indian Museum |
| Authority | Prabodh Chandra Bagchi with Chau Ta-fu, New Lights on the Chinese Inscriptions of Bodhgayā, pp. 101-104 in India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy: A Collection of Essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, edited by B. Wang and Tansen Sen (Delhi: Anthem Press, 2011). |
| Details | |
| Notes | The photograph made for Alexander Cunningham and subsequently acquired from him by A. W. Franks who bequeathed it to the British Museum in 1897. |