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Brick inscribed with the Sutra on Dependent Originationside

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Brick inscribed with the Sutra on Dependent Origination

  • Description

    One of several inscribed bricks discovered in 1896, it is incised with Sanskrit text in the Gupta script. This Buddhist Sutra examines the twelve links in the chain of causation from which all suffering arises. When these causes are removed, suffering also will disappear.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India › Uttar Pradesh › Gorakhpur district (Gopalpur) (place of creation)
    Date
    late 5th century - early 6th century AD
    Gupta Period (AD 320 - 600)
    Material and technique
    terracotta, inscribed
    Dimensions
    12 x 29 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › pottery
    Technique index
    marked,
    decorated
    Object type index
    architecture
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Mrs Hoernle, 1923.
    Accession no.
    EAX.404

  • Further reading

    Zwalf, W., Buddhism: Art and Faith (London: British Museum Publications, 1985), no. 34 on p. 44, p. 44 fig. 34

Location

    • Ground floor | Room 12 | India to 600

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