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Pakistan: Sculptures

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dc.contributor.authorIngholt, Harald
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Lahore, Pakistan/Jamal Garhi, Pakistan)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:44:50Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:44:50Z
dc.date.created1957
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:44:50Z
dc.description[Description on three cards] [1] The revenge of the elephant queen of Buddha in one of his incarnations, Hunter in ditch at left, Elephant kneeling to have tusks sawn off (Gandharan version shows him with one set only,) Right, hunter on way to Benares, and then presenting tusks to royal couple of whom only queen (?) visible: stair raised dias [sic], (Source: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y,, Pantheon books, 1957, ill, 1) [2] At right Maitrakanyaka asks for information from Heracles-like guardian with club, Then man with red-hot iron wheel which alights on Maitrakanyaka's head, He vows to endure it for salvation of humanity and is freed from suffering, (Source: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y,, Pantheon Books, 1957, ill, 2) [3] Here he is received by nymphs (right) (N,B, costume, rippling folds on right leg), On left, guardian points to man with burning wheel, -- [1] Karamar, Lahore, The six-tusked elephant, [2] Jamal Garhi, Adventures and Punishment of Maitrakanyaka, an incarnation of Buddha of son who kicked mother and sent to sea, [3] Jamal Garhi: Adventures and Punishment of Maitrakanyaka,en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-566en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-606en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-606
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163334
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectGandhara Sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectReliefsen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectbook scanen_AU
dc.titlePakistan: Sculptures
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y,, Pantheon Books, 1957, ill, 3

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