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Dr. Leitner and Sir A. Cunningham both consider that the most 

 striking piece in the extensive collection at the Lahore Museum is the 

 figure of a throned king, resting his left foot on a footstool, and grasping 

 a spear in his left hand. See Plate VIII. The upper part of the body 

 is naked, the head-dress is rich, and the squarely cut eyes are remarkably 

 prominent. The work is in good preservation, the right arm alone being 

 wanting. The king's attitude is easy, his expression is dignified, and the 

 outlines of his figure are boldly drawn. Small figures, which have been 

 conjectured to represent conquered aborigines, are attached to the right 

 and left. The identity of the attitude of the principal figure of this fine 

 group with the attitude of the Indo-Scythian kings as shown on their 

 coins naturally suggests that the sculpture represents one of these 

 sovereigns. I do not know where the sculpture was found.* 



Sir A. Cunningham found at Jamalgarhi fifteen or sixteen statues, 

 some seated, and some standing, which he supposes to be those of kings, 

 and observes that " these royal statues are known by their moustaches, 

 and the numerous strings of gems worked into their head-dresses. The 

 arrangement of the hair is different in each separate specimen, and, a3 

 the features also differ, there seems little doubt that they are portrait 

 statues. "f 



In the case of one statue in the Lahore Museum, (No 6 of Descrip- 

 ive List, and No. 63 of Dr. Leitner's Catalogue), which Professor Cur- 

 tius compares with the Greek ideal type of Apollo, the royal character 

 of the person portrayed is unmistakeably indicated by the presence of 

 the regal fillet, the ends of which float loosely behind his head, in the 

 same way as they are shown on the coins of Greek princes both of 

 Europe and Asia. 



It is hardly possible that all these so-called royal statues can be 

 intended as ideal representations of Buddha as Prince Siddhartha, 

 before he adopted the religious life, though some of them probably 

 should be so interpreted. Mr. Fergusson suggested that they should be 

 regarded as images of Buddhist saints, and the jsresence of the nimbus 

 behind the head in many cases suppoits this suggestion.! 



The presence or absence of moustaches proves nothing, for Buddha 

 is frequently represented as wearing moustaches in the works of the 

 Gaudhara school. If the images in question were portrait statues, as 

 suggested by Sir A. Cunningham, they would probably be inscribed. 

 It seems hardly credible that sculptors would execute numerous por- 

 traits of Kanishka and other kings without taking the trouble of indi- 



* Cunningham, Descriptive List, No. 2 ; Leitner, Catalogue, No. 73. 

 + Cunningham, Archmol. Rep., Vol. V, pp. 197, 202. 

 X History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, p. 179. 



