70.Celebrants venerating the empty throne
- Late 1st–early 2nd century
- Chandavaram Stūpa 1, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh
- National Museum, New Delhi
This panel depicts worshippers alongside evocations of the Buddha's presence: the empty throne from which a sacrificial post (yūpa) rises, with the Buddha's footprints beneath it. It was recovered in 1972 from the northern platform (āyāka) of Chandavaram Stūpa 1, one of the best preserved and largest great stūpas of the Sātavāhana period. The monastery is located on a prominent hill overlooking the Gundlakamma River, in southern Andhra Pradesh, strategically situated on an ancient trade route that connected the networks of the western Deccan to the Bay of Bengal.
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