Object type: Sculpture

Ajanta, Maharashtra

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.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया) Chinese inscription (INCH0005) on a slab (OBCH0005) with the seven Buddhas (saptatathāgata 過去七仏) and Maitreya (弥勒仏). Edition here that of Bagchi and Ta-Fu (2011), see Concordance for bibliographic data. Working transcription (02/2021).

大漢國僧志義先發願勸三十萬人修上生行，施三十萬卷上生
經，自誦三十萬卷：如上功德，向回同生內陀。今至摩竭國，金
剛座，伏遇唯識座主歸寶與諸大德等同發願往生內陀。三十萬人
中，歸寶為第一人，志義第二，廣峰第三，下依？次第：惠嚴，
重達，全遵，緣真，義暹，惠秀，智永，奉升，清蘊等，並願親
奉彌勒慈尊。今結良緣，成此七佛已，為記之。