NG161, Farewell of Chandaka and Kan̥t̥haka

Photographer

Raducha, Joan Anastasia

Date

• ca. 100-ca. 299

Summary

• Fragment of a vertical set of panels with one panel remaining bordered on the bottom by a plain fillet, and at the outside left edge with a vertical festoon of overlapping and the panel itself framed on the sides with a vertical band of disks. The narrative represents the farewell of Chandaka and Kan̥t̥haka, capturing the moment when Siddhārtha is giving away his princely jewels to a turbaned figure (Chandaka?) while Kan̥t̥haka bends his head to lick the feet of his master. A figure standing behind the horse (and attendant or Chandaka?) holds the honorific umbrella. Vajrapān̥i stands behind the Bodhisattva while another half figure hovers in the background. Based on the inward rake of the jambs at the sides, this may be the lower portion of a false niche.