Siddhartha at the Bodhi Tree — Gandhara

This fragment shows a female figure with an arm raised above her head, grasping the branch of a tree. The style features delicate, flowing lines characteristic of Gandharan stone carving, reflecting a synthesis of Hellenistic artistic influence and Indic religious subject matter.

This figure likely represents a yakshi, a nature spirit absorbed into the Buddhist cosmological framework as a guardian or attendant to the Buddha, illustrating the integration of indigenous Indic folk traditions with early Buddhist practice.