The Kurkihar hoard is a set of 226 bronzes, mostly Buddhist, dating to between the 9th and 12th centuries CE, which were found in Kurkihar near Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] The village of Kurkihar is situated about 5 km. north-east of Wazirganj, and 27 km east from Gaya. The inscriptions found suggest that Kurkihar was once a well known international pilgrimage center.[2]
These include a gilded Avalokiteshvara image from 12th century, referred to as being resplendent.[3]
The monastery where the bronzes were found was named Apanakain in an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript now in LACM.[4]
- ^ Guy, The "Påala-Sena" Schools of Sculpture, Volume 10 of Studies in South Asian Culture, The "Pala-Sena" Schools of Sculpture, Susan L. Huntington Brill Archive, 1984, p. 141
- ^ जिद धरोहर बचाने की : गया के कुर्किहार के घर-घर में है धरोहर, विदेशों से था संबंध, Bhaskar News, 13 June 2017
- ^ Resplendent Sculpture of Avalokiteshvara from Kurkihar (Bihar, India) from 12th Century, 10 January 2017, Ellen Kaufman
- ^ A Forgotten Monastery of Ancient Bihar, Pal, Pratapaditya, South Asian studies, Vol:4 No:1 Date: 1988 Pages:83-88