Nagarjunakonda valley, Guntur district, Andhra pradesh
Find Place
Nagarjunakonda valley ,Guntur district,Andhra pradesh
Style
Nagarjunakonda art.
School
Late phase of Amaravathi school
Patron/Dynasty
Ikshavakus
Period / Year of Work
C. 3rd/4th century CE
Dimensions
140 X 74 X 13 cm
Brief Description
Lime Stone- Slab depicts Sibi-jataka in the top panel and
Madhubindu legend in the bottom panel. Mended.
Detailed Description
Lower part of a drum slab. The extant portion depicts two
panels the top one shows a scene of Sibi-Jataka. King Sibi
(Bodhisattva) offering flesh from his left thigh as a ransom
to the hunter (Sakra in disguise) to release the dove (Agni
in disguise) from the clusters of the former. Early type of
balance well depicted. But the king"s flesh not being
sufficient for the purpose, he himself sits on the pan of the
balance. On this, the gods Sakra and Agni appear in their
real form to laud the king.
The lower panel narrates the event of subjugation and finally conversion of Yaksha Alavaka by narrating the well-known parable to Madhu-bindu by Buddha.
