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A Mysterious Gift: The Story of A Pala Era Buddha Sculpture
by S Vijay Kumar - Dec 26, 2020 05:37 AM
(Buddha sculpture at the NGA, Australia)
This amazing sculpture of Buddha, the one that you see above, calling the earth to witness (His right hand is in the Bhumisparsa Mudra) belongs to the Bengal Pala dynasty period. The problem is that this sculpture is currently with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The online provenance record rather mischievously says the sculpture came from Bengal, India or Bangladesh. It further says that the sculpture was âPresented by the High Commissioner for India, Government of India, 1969â. Now, is that true and are there records to show this?