Model of the Mahabodhi Temple

Indian

Pala period

10th–11th century

Object Place: Bodhgaya, Bihar, Eastern India

Medium/Technique Soapstone with traces of pigment and gilding

Dimensions 13.5 x 7.3 cm (5 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Rowland, Jr., in memory of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Accession Number47.1343

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsSculpture

ProvenanceGiven to the MFA by Benjamin Rowland in 1947. Purchased by the donor in 1933 in New Delhi (as per account published in 1938 article).