Box Lid with Incised Figural Decoration

Patravahaka yaksha, ca. 50 BCE

Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi, 1st century BCE

Disk Stone with a Four-Part Tracery Design of Palmettes, 1st century BCE

Auspicious Emblem with Four Dancing Figures, 1st century BCE

Two Lotuses, from the Bharhut Stupa, ca. 1st century BCE

Plaque with a Dancer and a Vina Player, 1st century BCE

Female Worshipper in Front of a Column Support, 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Plaque with the Goddess Durga Standing on a Lotus, 1st century BCE

Drum panel with scenes of the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha, first half 3rd century CE

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Buddha, 3rd century CE

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The Conversion and Ordination of Nanda, 3rd century

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Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha’s descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven, late 3rd century CE

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Naga attendant holding a fly whisk, ca. 3rd century CE

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Dharma-wheel pilaster (dharmacakrastambha), ca. early 3rd century CE

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