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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

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

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

Bodhisattva Manjushri, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnapramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
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

Seated Multi-Armed Tara (The Buddhist Savioress)
India (Bihar)
9th century

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

Enthroned Preaching Buddha
India (Bihar)
late 9th 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

Eight Great Events in the Life of the Buddha: Folios and Covers from a Pancaraksha Manuscript
Bihar, eastern India
dated 1156–1157

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

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

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

Leogryph
India (Bihar)
ca. late 9th century

Mahakala
India, Bihar
11th–12th century

Buddha Offering Protection (Abhaya Mudra), 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

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

Crowned and Jeweled Buddha
India (Bihar)
early 11th century

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

Meditating Buddha with Alms Bowl Enthroned in a Foliated Niche
India (Bihar)
ca. late 10th–early 11th century

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

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

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

The Bodhisattva Vajrapani
Eastern India, Bihar, probably Nalanda
7th–early 8th century

Impression from a Property Seal
India, probably Bihar
mid- 6th century

Shadakshari Lokeshvara
India (Bihar)
12th century

Vishnu with His Consorts, Lakshmi and Sarasvati
India (Bihar or West Bengal) or Bangladesh
11th–12th century

Model of the Mahabodhi Temple
India, Bihar
12th century

Water Pipe Top
19th century

Spittoon
early 19th century

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

Water Pipe Top
19th century

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

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

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

Mahapratisara, the Buddhist Protectress
India, Bihar
10th century

Standing male figure
India, Patna, Bihar
3rd–2nd century BCE

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