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Bodhgayā, Bihar. Photograph of a Stone Slab with Buddhist Figures and a Chinese Inscription.

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Bodhgayā, Bihar. Photograph of a Stone Slab with seven Buddhas (saptatathāgata or 過去七仏 Vipaśyin, Śikhin, Viśvabhū, Krakuchanda, Kanakamuni. Kaśyapa, Śakya) and Maitreya, with a Chinese inscription on the base. The original sculpture in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Further data in SIDDHAM OBCH0005.

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Photograph, probably by Joseph David Beglar, collected by A. Cunningham and acquired by A. W. Franks who bequeathed it to the British Museum in 1897; now numbered 1897,0528,0.32.a.

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.6595917 (DOI)

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ASIA - Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State 609823