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Piprahwa: Reliquaries

INDIA, Uttar Pradesh, Basti; Soapstone; Indian Museum, Kolkata, India
The first reliquary was excavated from the historic site of Piprahwa in 1895 by William C. Peppe, a British engineer and landowner, and the second was found in 1972 by S M Srivastava, an Indian archaeologist. They were found within stupas at the site. Carved out of soapstone, the two reliquaries are identical in shape, differing only in size. Both have a spherical body and a lid which is surmounted by a sphere on a circular disc, followed by a cone on a smaller disc.

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