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Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha’s descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven
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Limestone, Ikshvaku, India Nagarjunakonda Stupa Site 6 Guntur district Andhra Pradesh
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1928
Title: Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha’s descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven
Description:
Limestone, Ikshvaku, India Nagarjunakonda Stupa Site 6 Guntur district Andhra Pradesh.
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