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Water Pipe Top
19th century

Standing Vishnu with His Consorts, Lakshmi and Sarasvati
India (Bihar)
ca. second half of the 11th century

The Wrathful Protector Mahakala in a Six-Armed Form: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India, Bihar or West Bengal
12th century

Bident Spearhead
Indian, Bihar
18th–19th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Votive Plaque: Seated Buddha in a Temple
India, Bihar, possibly Bodhgaya or Nalanda
ca. 9th–10th century

Plaque with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Railing pillar with lotus medallions and Jataka scenes
India, Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya, Bihar
late 1st century BCE

Banya (drum)
Indian (north)
late 19th century

Sealing Depicting the Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya
India (Bihar)
9th century

Shiva Seated with Uma (Umamaheshvara)
India (Bihar)
10th century

Stupa, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Stele with Eight Great Events from the Life of the Buddha
India, Bihar, possibly from Nalanda
10th century

Water Pipe Top
19th century

Crowned Buddha
India (Bihar)
10th–11th century

Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad ", Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Fragment of a lion capital
India, Masarh, Shahabad district, Bihar
4th–3rd century BCE

Vishnu Flanked by His Personified Attributes
India (Bihar)
early 9th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Shadakshari Lokeshvara
India (Bihar)
12th century

Head of a Bodhisattva
India (Bihar, Nalanda)
7th–8th century

Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess
India (probably Bihar),
10th century

Tara
India, Bihar
12th century

The Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasura Mardini)
India (Bihar)
ca. 11th century

Standing Buddha
India (Bihar)
second half of the 8th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Bodhisattva Amoghapasa, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India, Bihar or West Bengal
12th century

Chakrasamvara in Sexual Union with His Consort, Vajravarahi, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Bodhisattva Manjushri, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnapramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Leogryph
India (Bihar)
ca. late 9th century

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnapramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India, Bihar or West Bengal
12th century

Votive Stupa with Four Buddhas
India, Bihar
10th–11th century

Head of a Bodhisattva
India (Bihar, Nalanda)
7th–8th century

Manjuvajra, an Esoteric Manifestation of Manjushri
Eastern India, Bihar
11th–12th century; base sealed later in Tibet

Seated Buddha Reaching Enlightenment, Flanked by Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya
India, Bihar, Nalanda monastery
late 10th–11th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha
Eastern India, Bihar, probably Gaya district
second half of the 9th century

Buddha Offering Protection
India (probably Bihar)
late 6th–early 7th century

Molded Plaque with Seated Buddha and Attendant Bodhisattvas
India (Bihar)
11th century