A relief depicting the Taming of the Elephant. The story tells of one of the many attempts of the jealous Devadatta to kill his cousin the Buddha. One day, when the Buddha was in Rājagṛha, Devadatta released a mad elephant to harm the Blessed One. The animal rushes against the Buddha but its fury is contained by his loving-kindness. Caressing the forehead of the elephant with a calming hand, the Buddha pacifies the animal. The scene is enclosed between two framed half-columns of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type with modillion. The base is plain, the cornice consists of a plain fillet below and a row of tangential half double concentric disks with central small circle above. A rectangular tenon is carved on the top face. The bottom face preserves a rectangular socket in the proper right side. The back face shows vertical tool marks.
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06_DMC_557
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