1895.] and a Candslla Gopper-plate from the Banda District. 161 
The inscription of the statuette of the seated Buddha (No. II.) 
includes (excepting the word krtva ) the portion of the formula which 
has been omitted from the dedication of the standing image. 
This second statuette, that of the seated Buddha (Plate X), 
is almost destitute of merit as a work of art, and is an ordinary 
Indian production of conventional pattern. Buddha is exhibited squat¬ 
ting, with the soles of his feet turned up, and holding the little finger 
of his left hand between the first finger and thumb of the right hand. 
The shoulders are square, and the general appearance of the image 
resembles that of mediaeval .Tain statues. But, unlike the Jain images, 
Buddha is not nude. He is clothed in close-fitting garments, the 
existence of which is indicated only by the opening for the neck, and 
the termination of the sleeves and drawers. No attempt is made to 
express the folds of the clothing. The hands are stiffly and clumsily 
moulded, and the face is expressionless. The aesthetic demerits of the 
work are so striking that, if it were not inscribed, a late date might 
be assigned to it. But the characters of the inscription, though some¬ 
what later in form than those on the pedestal of the standing figure, 
are probably not later than A.D. 400, and certainly not later than 
A.D. 500. 
A rectangular plate, surmounted by a circular aureole, is attached 
to a projection at the back of the head. 
The principal dimensions are : — 
Height, including pedestal, to surface of top-knot ... 12"*50 
Total height to top of aureole ... ... ... 14"'00 
Height of figure, from surface of pedestal to surface of 
top-knot ... ... ... ... 9"*50 
Diameter of aureole ... ... ... 5 r/, 40 
The inscription is in two lines on the front moulding only of the 
pedestal. (Plate IX.) Some of the letters are difficult to read, and 
a few are to us doubtful. The record is as follows, subject, perhaps, to 
some slight correction. 
1 Deyadharmmoyam Guptavamgodita, Cri Hariddssya rajni Maha- 
devydh yadatra punyam tad bhavatu. 
2 Sarvva satvanam matd pitr purvdrjyamanam anuttarapada jndn - 
dvdptaye. 
dhist Cave Temples and their Inscriptions (London, 1883) pp. 12-14, 85, 86; 
Plates XLY, XLYI. Nos. 7, 8, 9 of Plate XLY. resemble the dedications of the 
statuettes in language, and to a large extent in alphabetical characters. They are 
supposed to date from the fifth or sixth century A.D. The Mathura inscription of 
the Gupta year 135 (A.D. 453) has the formula Deyadharmoyam viharasvaminyd 
Devtdyd yadatra punyam tad bhavatu mdtapitroh sarvvasattvdndnca anuttara- 
jndndptaye . {Fleet, p. 263.) 
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