Vol, XI, No. 9.] A Buddhist Sculpture from Kandy. 301 
[N.8.] ; 
hesitation even regarding one of the major scenes, namely that 
of Buddha’s birth.! 
During the Gupta period the eight scenes were evident] 
fixed and in mediaeval sculpture they are almost the only events 
of Buddha’s life which are regularly portrayed in a more and 
more stereotyped and abbreviated form. 
Now I wish to offer a few remarks regarding the provenance 
and date of the sculpture under discussion. Although it was 
acquired in Ceylon, there is good reason to suppose that it came 
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sculpture of exactly the same type as those from Kandy and 
Pagan. It measures only 64” or 16°5 cm. in height and retains 
the three scenes on the left hand side and the Nirvana above, 
ed. 
determine more definitely from which 
igi reas in the 
VEL I 8 i eek in the 
1 Itis curious that on a carved lintel slab from Muttra now i 
jutknow Miketit, the birth scene seems to be replaced by @ figure 
un-god on his quadrigae. ae 
il this connection ie should be remember a eh ras 
‘en Tsiang, the pillar marking the site of the Tathaga 
ted by the figure of a horse. 
? A.S.R. for 1904-5, p. 84; fig. 8. 
