Buddha

Of exceptional importance, this is perhaps the only image known to be considered a product of Burma, inscribed with a donatory Sanskrit inscription in Kutila script of eastern India in the 11th -12th cent.
The Buddha can be seen as seated cross-legged in bhumisparsha-mudra on a cushion with thick incised meandering design with a kirtimukha in the centre. The pedestal shows a wheel, a woman, a horse, a pot-bellied male, a man with a sword, an elephant and a couchant lion have been identified as the seven jewels, the man with sword representing the general and the lion representing the precious stone.