Image title: Buddha sculpture (13th century)

This stone sculpture shows an image of Buddha in teaching posture (above) and earth-touching posture (below), from the 13th/14th century.—Specifications: 33cm x 36cm.

The text in Devanagari reads:

बुद्ध ब्याख्यान (व्याख्यान) मुद्रामा (माथी) भूस्पर्श बुद्ध (तल)

Transliteration (IAST):

buddha byākhyāna (vyākhyāna) mudrāmā (māthī) bhūsparśa buddha (tala)

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

... byakhyana (vyakhyana) [byakhyan (vyakhyan)] mudrama (mathi) bhusparsha/bhusparsa ... ([tal])

Gallery information:

Kathmandu valley in Nepal offers a wide variety of Buddhist objects such as paintings, scriptures, sculptures, ritualistic objects, etc. Buddhism was embraced by the people of Kathmandu valley and the Licchavi rulers up to 8th century encouraged Buddhism. The items found here are exhibited in the National Museum of Nepal (Rashtriya Museum).