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Buddha statue bodhisattva Maitreya Maitreya Mahā Māyā dreaming of the white elephant The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha, gray schist relief, Gandhara, 2nd or 3rd century ce; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Date c. 100 BCE - c. 700

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Buddha statue
bodhisattva Maitreya
Maitreya
Mahā Māyā dreaming of the white elephant
The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha, gray schist relief, Gandhara, 2nd or 3rd century ce; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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