The British Museum, London :: South Asia--Metalwork and Reliefs

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The objects here are from the Gandharan and Bactrian regions ranging from NW India to Afghanistan.

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Fragment from the 6th pillar edict of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, 238 BCE, written in Brahmi script.
Probably from the Meerut Pillar, Uttar Pradesh, India. L. 33.6 cm. OA 1880-21.
Two silver roundels, ca. 1st-2nd c. CE, obtained in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The second probably depicts the goddess Hariti.
OA 1937.3-19.6; 1937.3-19.5.
Two stone palettes.
Gandhara, ca. 1st c. CE.
The first depicts a woman in repose in Hellenistic style; the second shows a man riding a lion with a scaly tail.
OA 1918.7-6.2; 1937.3-19.2
Silver gilt bowl with drinking scene.
From Buddhigharra near Tank, Dera Ismail Khan District, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan, ca. 3rd-4th c. CE.
OA 1937.3-19.1
The black and white photos are from I. I. Smirnov, Vostochnoe serebro (St. Petersburg, 1909).
Silver bowl.
Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan, 5th-6th c. CE.
OA 1963.12-10.1

Silver gilt bowl.
Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan, 6th c. CE.
OA 1963.12-10.2
The black and white photos are from I. I. Smirnov, Vostochnoe serebro (St. Petersburg, 1909).
Relief of worshipper.
Gandhara, 4th-5th c. CE. Stucco.
OA 1887.7-17.75