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Standing male figure
India, Patna, Bihar
3rd–2nd century BCE

Buddha Offering Protection
India (probably Bihar)
late 6th–early 7th century

Mold depicting a charioteer and archer
India, Pataliputra, Bihar
ca. 200 BCE

Bodhisattva Amoghapasa, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India, Bihar or West Bengal
12th century

Green Tara, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad ", Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Chakrasamvara in Sexual Union with His Consort, Vajravarahi, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Seated Buddha Reaching Enlightenment, Flanked by Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya
India, Bihar, Nalanda monastery
late 10th–11th century

Eight Great Events Stele
Eastern India (Bihar)
11th–12th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha
Eastern India, Bihar, probably Gaya district
second half of the 9th century

Banya (drum)
Indian (north)
late 19th century

Standing Vishnu with His Consorts, Lakshmi and Sarasvati
India (Bihar)
ca. second half of the 11th century

White Tara, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Votive Plaque: Seated Buddha in a Temple
India, Bihar, possibly Bodhgaya or Nalanda
ca. 9th–10th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Sealing Depicting the Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya
India (Bihar)
9th century

Marichi, the Goddess of Dawn, with Seven Pigs
India (Bihar)
11th–12th century

Tara
India, Bihar
12th century

Stele with Eight Great Events from the Life of the Buddha
India, Bihar, possibly from Nalanda
10th century

Stupa, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Vishnu with His Consorts, Lakshmi and Sarasvati
India (Bihar or West Bengal) or Bangladesh
11th–12th century

Impression from a Property Seal
India, probably Bihar
mid- 6th century

Shadakshari Lokeshvara
India (Bihar)
12th century

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnapramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India, Bihar or West Bengal
12th century

Buddha Offering Protection (Abhaya Mudra), Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Eight Great Events in the Life of the Buddha: Folios and Covers from a Pancaraksha Manuscript
Bihar, eastern India
dated 1156–1157

Buddha Preaching the First Sermon at Sarnath
India (Bihar, probably Nalanda)
11th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

The Wrathful Protector Mahakala: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India, Bihar or West Bengal
12th century

Bident Spearhead
Indian, Bihar
18th–19th century

Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century

Head of a Bodhisattva
India (Bihar, Nalanda)
7th–8th century

Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess
India (probably Bihar),
10th century

Head of a Bodhisattva
India (Bihar, Nalanda)
7th–8th century

Birth of the Buddha
India (Madhya Pradesh or Bihar)
11th century

Head of a Bodhisattva
India (Bihar, Nalanda)
7th–8th century