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baked clay Bālāditya Bargaon belonged Bengal Bhagavā bhante bhikshus Bihār Brahmanical Buddha Buddhist century chaityas Circular area clay seal conch copper-plate inscription creed formula Dēvapāladēva Dharma Dharmachakra dhyāna district dynasty Ekam excavated fame floral design fragment Gautama Buddha Gaya given goddess groove Gupta Harshavardhana horizontal lines Hsüan Tsang I-Tsing illustrious image inscription impressions India indistinct Janapada Java Kumaragupta left hand legend is written legend reading lines giving lotus lower field Magadha Mahā Mahāvīra Mahāyāna Maukhari mentioned monastery Monastic monks Nāgārjuna Nālandā Narasimhagupta naya oblong oval Padmasambhava Pāla king plate portion prasasti preserved Rajagriha reign right hand right side right upper ruler Sailendra Samudragupta Sangha Sanskrit Sariputra script sculptures seated seems short lines Siva specimens śrī standing Stha stone inscription stupa symbol Tārā tasya temple three lines tree upper field vihāras village vishaya Votive yellowish piece yena