Nagarjunakonda: "The Buddha relics after cleaning and showing (1) the bone relic and (2) the gold box" (ASI Annual Report 1928-29, Pl. XLVI (c))

Relic objects laid out around a domed silver casket: a small gold box, beads, crystals and flowers of gold.

Type: Book plate
Creator: Archaeological Survey of India (Annual Report 1928-29, ed. H. Hargreaves; excavation by A. H. Longhurst)
Date: 1933
Licence: Public domain
From: H. Hargreaves (ed.), Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1928-29 (opens in a new tab), 1933, Pl. XLVI (c) (PDF p. 257 of scan tdl.23145); text pp. 101-102
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms, Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri, Nagarjunakonda, Nagarjunakonda Mahachaitya, Religion & philosophy