Sripura (Archaeological Survey)
by Bikash Chandra Pradhan | 2011 | 37,938 words
This study examines the Archaeological remains of Sripura from the period A.D. 650-800, revealing all varieties of archaeological materials, viz., art and architecture, coins, copper plate and stone epigraphic records and seals etc. highlighting the history and cultural heritage of Shripura. This ancient city was the capital of South Koshala under ...
Scultures of Maitreya
[Registration No. 793; Size 15.5 x 8.5 cm]
Amid the icons of Bodhisattvas, two can be recognized with Maitreya, the future Buddha according to the Buddhist conviction. Both are two-armed and seated, they show very similarity in art-form, style and period.
Maitreya is the head of Bodhisattvas in Manjusri mandala and supposed to be waiting in tusita svarga in order to come down to earth as future Buddha. Both sects of the Buddhism worship him equally. He has been considered as an emanation of two dhyani Buddhas i.e., Aksobhya and Vairocana.