CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: This is an unfinished figure of Heruka dancing in ardhaparyanka (one leg kept dangling) posture on a human being. The deity is wearing a garland of human skulls (mundmala) and holding a club capped with an unfinished human head (khatvanga) in his left hand and probably a skull cap in right hand, his face is fierce in appearance, forehead bears a bulging in the middle and mouth is open with two long tushes.

Subject: Bodhisattva Manjusri is seated in royal ease (lalitasana) on a lion (simmasanastha) wearing various jewels and a high pyramidal head-dress. The forearms are broken but parts of the hands in the attitude of expounding the law (vyaknyan mudra) are still extant near the chest. The female figure on the left side is intact whereas the figure on the right side is damaged.

Subject: Bodhisattva probably Manjushri. The image was found southeast of the Main Shrine. The figure’s identification as the bodhisattva Manjushri is suggested by the presence in the headdress of a small earth-touching (bhumisparsha mudra) figure of Akshobhya, the Jina Buddha associated with Manjushri. The broken lotus held in the left hand was Manjushri’s blue lotus (nilotpala) and that the right hand was held in varada mudra. A brief inscription on the back of the figure records the so-called Buddhist creed, with a few additional letters whose meaning is unclear.

Subject: Shadakshari Mandal

Subject: Dhyani Buddha Amoghasiddhi seated cross legged on an expanded lotus in an attitude of granting protection (abhayamudra). His right hand broken off and left hand rests on the lap. A circular halo appears around his head and classical features such as curly hair, elongated earlobes, half closed eyes and a calm face mark the image.

Subject: Dhyani Buddha Amoghasiddhi seated cross legged on an expanded lotus in an attitude of granting protection (abhayamudra). His right hand is broken off and the left hand rests on the lap. A circular halo appears around his head and classical features such as curly hair, elongated earlobes, half closed eyes and a calm face mark the image.

Subject: Miniature stupa on lotus with seated Buddha: Stupa on a fully expanded lotus flower with a figure of Buddha seated on a throne in European fashion in pralambapada asan and in the attitude of expounding the law that is dharmachakra pravartan. Double cornice appears around the drum of the stupa. Umbrella (chhatravali) of the votive stupa is broken off.

Subject: Miniature stupa on lotus with seated Buddha: Stupa on a fully expanded lotus flower with a figure of Buddha seated on a throne in European fashion in pralambapada asan and in the attitude of expounding the law that is dharmachakra pravartan. Double cornice appears around the drum of the stupa. Umbrella (chhatravali) of the votive stupa is broken off.

Subject: Carved Slab. The slab is divided into two panels, upper panel contains 26 Buddha figures in meditative posture (dhyana mudra) and five on each of the sides, in the lower panel. There are two worshipers at the right end and one at the left. The remaining space is carved with a series of worshiping articles including from the left a conch, lamp stand (dipadana), an incense-burner (dhupadana), a basin for flowers, a pair of fire basins, a pitcher with a conch (sankha), an umbrella (chhattra) with a streamer, a bed with a pair of fly-whisks (chamara) on it and three uncertain objects below it, female with a fly-whisk in her right hand and at last a vessel with fruits. The slab has grooves on top indicating that it must have been used in the facing of a shrine or a stupa.

Subject: Head of Buddha with short curls of hair, half closed eyes, elongated ears, and a calm and composed face. The forehead of the figure is slightly damaged.

Subject: Head of Buddha with short curls of hair turned towards the right and a protuberance (usnisa) on top of the head. The eyes are half closed in meditation and the nose and chin are damaged.

Subject: This stele represents mahaparinirvana or the liberation of the Buddha. Buddha is shown in a reclining posture. Human beings in profound grief are represented on the pedestal of the stele.

Subject: Sahastra Buddha. Stone slab depicts four rows of seated Buddha figures in meditative postures. The top row has 18 Buddha figures, followed by 19 in the next row, and 21 figures each in the lower two registers.

Subject: Head of a female figure. The figure depicts the hair combed back and tied in two bands over the forehead. The hair bands are marked with striations and pearl chains. The coiffure is adorned with flowers over the hair bands. The face shows bow shaped eyes, eyebrows and thin lips while the nose is damaged. An ear ornament dangles from the ear. The face is slightly chipped off.

Subject: Head of a female figure with hair made into a top knot on the head secured with locks of hair over the forehead.

Subject: Head of a goddess. She wears an ornamental diadem adorned with flowers & strings of pearls. Her hair is combed in a cylindrical mass to the proper left side which is secured with beaded strings. She is wearing a large circular earring which is broken. A star shaped halo occurs at the back.

Subject: Head of a female figure. The hair is combed back and tied into a high bun. Bun is secured with two beaded strings studded with flowers in the middle. There are two beaded fillets tied over the forehead band. Face shows high cheek bone and the nose is slightly damaged.

Subject: Tara. Head of the goddess is shown with the hair combed in a round and high mass striated bun at the back. The bun is tied with ringlets on the forehead. A beaded string occurs at the parting of the ringlets. Large circular ear ornament dangles from one of the ears. The nose and lips are damaged.

Subject: Marici, the Buddhist goddess of the dawn. She is usually shown riding on seven pigs and with three heads, one of which is that of a sow.

Subject: Vasudhara, the Buddhist goddess of wealth, fertility, and well-being.

Subject: Aparajita, a destroyer form of Goddess Durga

Subject: Elephant seizing warrior

Subject: Nagari inscription recording the construction of a vihara by Kumaradevi, queen of Gahadavala king Govindachandra

Subject: Bodhisattva Avalokitasvara in seated position