The Dream of Queen Maya (the Buddha's Conception) ca. 2nd century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) Female attendants and guards, one of whom holds a sword, surround Maya, who is sleeping on a bed that has turned legs and is covered with an elegant floral textile. Maya dreams of a six-tusked elephant that descends from heaven to enter her womb through her right side; originally a small elephant would have been depicted in the broken central disk. This miraculous conception marks the Buddha Shakyamuni's final rebirth and physical entrance into this world.. The Dream of Queen Maya (the Buddha's Conception). Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara). ca. 2nd century. Schist. Kushan period. Sculpture
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