A steatite relief plate

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

 The 1971 edition is a reprint. Early Buddhist sources and Tamil sangam texts
 tell the story of Zibi saving the dove.

--- "Narayan R. Joshi" <giravani at JUNO.COM> wrote:
> On the page 188 of the Geographical Dictionary of the Ancient and Medieval
> India (Author: Nundo Lal Dey, 1971, there is reference to the recent
> discovery of a steatite relief showing in an artistic way the celebrated
> story of Usinara(the ancient king of Zivi or Zibi)offering flesh of his
> body to save the life of a dove. It is said in the book that this steatite
> plate is now in the British Museum. Does any body has the knowledge of the
> date of this object? N. R. Joshi.


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