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Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, ancient region of Gandhara

The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha

Kushan period, about 2nd/3rd century
Phyllite
52.1 × 10.8 cm (20.5 × 4.3 in)

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