The Sultanganj Buddha is a Gupta–Pala transitional period sculpture, the largest substantially complete copper Buddha figure known from the time. The statue is dated to between 500 and 700 AD. It is 2.3 m high and 1 m wide, with a weight over 500 kg. It was found in the East Indian town of Sultanganj, Bhagalpur district, Bihar in 1861 during the construction of the East Indian Railway. It is now in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England.
Sultanganj Buddha
E. B. Harris with the Sultanganj Buddha. 1861/1862
Stone statue of Buddha from Sultanganj in the British Museum, at left in the photo above. Ye Dharma Hetu inscribed on the lotus base (magnify to see).
Sultanganj Buddha
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BM&AG) is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Industrial Gallery, the original part of the Art Gallery
The Round Room with Jacob Epstein's The Archangel Lucifer
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Proserpine