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Sudhana and a buffalo, folio 115 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000–1100s
gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

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The palm leaves used to create manuscripts were harvested from the Talipot Palm, seen on the right.

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