Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 4

Author(s): R P Poddar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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consist of girdle, anklet, flowery bangles etc. The peacock sits to her right. Similar plaques are known from Chandraketugadh where the bird is identified either as a swan, a heron or a stork.
Standing Female
Lower portion of standing female figure represents a popular theme.89 She is richly dressed and her left hand support a girdle and the right holds a jewellery decorated with pompons. Several such plaques were found in 1913-14 excavations. A variation of standing female is noticed. Here the lady wears a necklace made of single string with a central pendant and places her right hand on the 'hooped skirt'.40
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Fig. 7
Ibid, '50, pl. XIII, Fig. 4 ASIAR, 1913-14, pl. XLIV. a.