ABR 013
Code: ABR 013
Country: India (north-west)
Style: Gandhara School
Date: 300 - 400
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 8.3 x 14.8 x 8.3
Materials: Silver
Stupa reliquary
This stupa reliquary was excavated in the greater area of the Gandharan culture comprising large parts of Northern Pakistan and adjoining areas of Afghanistan. The Sanskrit term stupa (Skt.) / mChod rten (Tib.) («chöden») means “crest, top, summit”. It's a structure of a more or less hemispherical shape erected over relics; mostly associated with the death (mahaparinirvana) of Buddha Shakyamuni at Kushinagara (Northern India). The term stupa is synonymous with caitya (Skt.).
This stupa reliquary was excavated in the greater area of the Gandharan culture comprising large parts of Northern Pakistan and adjoining areas of Afghanistan. The Sanskrit term stupa (Skt.) / mChod rten (Tib.) («chöden») means “crest, top, summit”. It's a structure of a more or less hemispherical shape erected over relics; mostly associated with the death (mahaparinirvana) of Buddha Shakyamuni at Kushinagara (Northern India). The term stupa is synonymous with caitya (Skt.).