EIAD 460, pillar fragment from the Amaravati stūpa
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Apparatus
Translation
In the Sal-tree forest, the Bhagavant entered parinirvāṇa.
Bibliography
This edition, based on photographs, by Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in November 2025.
Primary
[G+S] Ghosh, A. and H. Sarkar. 1964–1965. “Beginnings of sculptural art in south-east India: A stele from Amaravati.” AI 20 & 21, pp. 168–177. Page 173, item E, plate XLIII.
Secondary
Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥. 1996. インド仏教碑銘の研究 I, Text, Note, 和訳 Indo Bukkyō himei no kenkyū I: Text, Note, Wayaku [A comprehensive study of the Indian Buddhist inscriptions, Part I: Text, Notes and Japanese Translation]. Kyōto-shi 京都市: Heirakuji Shoten 平楽寺書店. Item Amar 209.
Ghosh, A. 1979. “The early phase of the Stupa at Amaravati, South-East India.” Ancient Ceylon — Journal of the Archaeological Survey Department of Sri Lanka 3, pp. 97–103. Page 103, item 41.
[S] Sarma, I. Karthikeya. 1985. “Early sculptures and epigraphs from South-East India: New evidence from Amarāvatī.” In: Indian epigraphy: Its bearing on the history of art. Edited by Frederick M. Asher and Govind Swamirao Gai. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH; American Institute of Indian Studies, pp. 15–24. Pages 19–20, plate 26.
Gupta, S. S. 2008. Sculptures and antiquities in the Archaeological Museum, Amarāvatī. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. Pages 47–48, item 273, figure XV(c).
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