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Bimaran casket. British Museum. Personal photograph 2005.

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English: One of the earliest anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha, here surrounded by Brahma (left) and Śakra (right). Bimaran Casket, mid-1st century CE, British Museum.
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English: Bimaran casket. British Museum. Personal photograph 2005.
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One of the earliest anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha, here surrounded by Brahma (left) and Śakra (right). Bimaran Casket, eastern Afghanistan, mid-1st century CE. British Museum, London

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