Three Inscribed Early Medieval Images from Bihar: New Evidence on the Identity of Tentadigrama as Tetrawan
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This essay, offered in honour of Prof. Claudine Bautze-Picron, discusses three inscribed early medieval sculptures coming from Bihar in India. Two of these sculptures depict the Buddha seated in bhadrasana, one of which is a rare bejewelled example, both seemingly performing the Great Miracle at Sravasfi and the teaching of the First Sermon at Samath. The third image represents an elusive (Buddhist?) deity named Pm:u;lesvarl. On the basis of their donative inscriptions mentioning the name Tentadigrama, we can now conclusively attribute this ancient locality as the modem village of Tetrawan in the Nalanda district of Bihar.
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