Rohida police station recovered an old sculpture, accidentally discovered from the cemetery of Bharja/Bhaja village. It is a broken bronze Buddhist Idol and very rare sculpture. It has exquisite Antique beauty with rust in red and corrosion in green. | Decoding of the Story Superimposed of Buddhist Sculpture unearth from Bharja and testifying its relation to this Silk-route area of Sirohi District India Vol. 7 2020 A new decade for social changes ISSN 2668-7798 9 772668 779000 Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 7 302-311 May 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Decoding of the Story Superimposed of Buddhist Sculpture unearth from Bharja and testifying its relation to this Silk- route area of Sirohi District India Priyank Talesara Ancient Indian History Culture amp Archaeology Madhav University https 0000-0003-1733-7761 Aniruddh Bahuguna Ancient Indian History Culture amp Archaeology APS University Aniruddhbahuguna91@ Abstract Rohida police station recovered an old sculpture accidentally discovered from the cemetery of Bharja Bhaja village. It is a broken bronze Buddhist Idol and very rare sculpture. It has exquisite Antique beauty with rust in red and corrosion in green. Sculpture of Buddha seated in Padma Asana lotus posture and his hand in Dhyan Mudra meditation posture . Buddha is wearing the robe the robe is decorated with the scene of Buddhacharita story superimposed on the visible crust. This Sirohi district has the history of Jainism and Hinduism only till the date there is no evidence regarding Buddhism practices in Sirohi district of Rajasthan. Sirohi is famous from its silk route in the valley ancient Chandrawati city and Mount Abu where thousands of temples of Jainism and Shivanism were built. Objective what were the technique and technology used to manufacture sculpture Where this artefact came from What are the main characteristics amp features of this sculpture What carving scene depicted in this sculpture Research analysis For analysis of this sculpture we carefully look sculpture and magnify scene to compare with the stories of Buddhacharita. Moreover check out that this sculpture is indigenous work of ancestral .
