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    The Bimaran casket or Bimaran reliquary is a small gold reliquary for Buddhist relics that was removed from inside the stupa no.2 at Bimaran, near Jalalabad...
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    Bimaran is a locality, 11 km west of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. It is well known for the discovery of the Bimaran casket in one of the stupas (stupa Nb...
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    Hellenistic examples found in earlier layers. Azes is connected to the Bimaran casket, one of the earliest representations of the Buddha. The reliquary was...
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    The earliest known image of the Buddha with approximate dating is the Bimaran casket, which was found buried with coins of the Indo-Scythian king Azes II...
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    connected to the Bimaran casket, one of the earliest representations of the Buddha. The casket was part of the deposit of Stupa 2 in Bimaran, near Jalalabad...
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    ten portions was placed in a reliquary (such as the Kanishka casket or the Bimaran casket) and buried in a tumulus. These tumuli have been expanded or...
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    and Indra standing in similar compartments, detail of the side of Bimaran gold casket" in Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar (1977). Early Indian Bronzes. Prithvi...
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    in evening chanting such as the Udissanādiṭṭhānagāthā (Iminā). The Bimaran Casket made of gold inset with garnet, dated to be around 60 CE, but some proposals...
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    Qocho Penjikent murals Sampul tapestry Sogdian Daēnās Oxus Treasure Bimaran Casket Buddhas of Bamiyan Kabul hoard Aramaic Inscription of Laghman Kandahar...
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    famous very early excavated reliquaries are the 1st-century Bimaran Casket and the Kanishka Casket of 127 AD, both believed to have contained part of the cremated...
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