Kausambi statue inscribed Kanishka Year 2. A pile of lotus flowers between his feet. "One, inscribed in the regnal year 2 of King Kanishka and dedicated by a nun called Buddhamitra, , was set up at Kausambi" in Idea and image in Indian art - Page 21.<br>
Inscription:<br>"In the 2nd year of the reign of Kanishka, Bhikkhuni Buddhimitra put up this Bodhisattva at this place sanctified by the Buddha's several visits." Early History of Kausambi <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/earlyhistoryofka035153mbp#page/n25/mode/2up/search/Bhikkhuni">p.xxi</a>. This statue is very similar to the Bala Bodhisattva of Sarnath. <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg/220px-Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg/330px-Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg/440px-Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="718"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodhisattva_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_123_CE.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Bodhisattava dedicated by Bhikshu Bala at Sarnath, inscribed Kanishka Year 3.</div></div></div>
Nagendra Nath Ghosh
1935-01-01
Detail of: <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Kausambi Bodhisattva inscribed Kanishka Year 2.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg/220px-Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg/330px-Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg/440px-Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1110" data-file-height="1665"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kausambi_Bodhisattva_inscribed_Kanishka_Year_2.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div></div></div></div>