INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sultanganj Buddha is a Gupta–Pala transitional period sculpture, the largest substantially complete copper Buddha figure known from the time. The statue is dated to between 500 and 700 AD (but see below). It is 2.3 m high and 1 m wide and weighs over 500 kg.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bronze Buddhist Sculpture of Sultanganj was built-in Gupta period. The statue is dated to between 500 and 700 AD. It is the most outstanding example of the ancient Indian metal sculpture is the Buddha image at Sultanganj, Bihar, which is quite a monumental bronze figure of the Gupta era.

Detailed explanation-3: -Almost half a metre in height, this large, gilt-bronze figure of a buddha was made some time between the 17th and 18th centuries by the renowned Newar artisans of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.