Purneshvari

Above her, a pair of celestial garland-bearers hover in the clouds, and a wondrous kirttimukha(face of glory) presides over all of them from above. Purneshvari is flanked by the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesha. However, the inscription suggests a possible Buddhist affiliation. It offers merit to the siddhas (community of tantric masters) and sramanas (ascetic monks), as well as to the relatives of the donor, named as Utakva.

The inscription also names the goddess and the ‘illustrious (city of) Campa', as the place of its installation. It dates the sculpture to the 35th year regnal year of a king called Palapala, who was entitled ‘Lord of Gauda’ (Gaudesvara). This king may have been the last of the Pala rulers, as these regions subsequently succumbed to Muslim invaders between 1199 and 1201.