Buddhist Relics from Bhilsa Topes

[Valerie J Roebuck]

The reliquaries, artefacts etc are indeed in the British Museum.  But
the bodily relics (of the two chief Arahats, SAriputta and
MoggallAna) were given into the keeping of the Bhikkhu-saGgha in Sri
Lanka.

This is from memory, so I can't at present provide a reference.

Dr Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

>The relics from Sanci are in the British Museum. In Michael Willis,
>Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India (London: British Museum
>Press, 2000), Cunningham's finds are cataloged and illustrated.
>
>On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Artur Karp wrote:
>
>>  Dear List-members,
>>
>>  Does anyone know what is the fate of relics excavated by Cunningham from
>>  the stupas he opened in the early fifties of the 19th century?
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Artur Karp
>>
>>  University of Warsaw
>>  Poland
>>
>Jason Neelis
>University of Washington
>Seattle, WA 98195   USA
>neelisja at u.washington.edu