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TREASURES OF THE KASHMIR SMAST:

Unpublished Bronzes from the period of the Shahi Kings of Kabul and Gandhara- 

Kashmir Smast, Mardan, NWFP, Pakistan

 

(WORK IN PROGRESS)

 

By Waleed Ziad

 

Detail of the Swan variety

 

 

 

1.      Obverse: Seated Figure

Reverse: Samanta Deva style standing bull

 

 

2.      Obverse: Samanta Deva style standing bull right

Reverse: Figure walking right

 

3.      Obverse: Geometric design – conch shell (?)

Reverse: Swan facing left, akshara above

 

 

4.      Obverse: Figure standing

Reverse: Geometric design

 

5.      Obverse: Geometric design – conch shell (?)

Reverse: Swan facing left, akshara above

 

 

The fractional Spalapalati Deva AEs from the Kashmir Shmast

 

6.      Obverse: Elephant facing left

Reverse: Lion facing left

 

 

7.      Obverse: Elephant facing left

Reverse: Lion facing right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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