Buddhist Ghazni: Pottery
Inv. no. TS01510
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970-1971
Tapa Sardar, II terrace
Below Room 18, filling (5)
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Epigraphic; Medallion stamped pottery/geometric design
Red clay; paint: brown, black
Wheel turned; stamped
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Early period 2

Jar with everted, vertical-sided grooved rims. Medallion-stamp decoration on the shoulder showing a cross pattern, with concentrical grooved decoration below the neck. Traces of a black-painted Brahmi inscription (one-line reading "Kanika mahārāja vihāra", “the temple of the Great King Kanishka”), ending in a wheel-shaped design. Brown paint on surface.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Inscription (transcription): Kanika mahārāja vihāra
Inscription (translation): The temple of the Great King Kanishka
Neg. no.: 8922/ 1-2; 8923/ 7-8; 9564/ 8; 9675/ 1÷7; 13399/ 4-5
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”