Sikri Stupa

The Sikri stupa is a work of Buddhist art dated to 3rd-4th century from the Kushan period in Gandahara, consisting of 13 narrative panels with events from the life of Buddha.

The restoration began while Harold Arthur Deane was still assigned to the North-West Frontier Province in what was then British India (today part of Pakistan).

[4] One panels depicts the Dipankara Jataka—the Jataka are stories of Buddha's incarnations before he was reborn as Siddhartha Gautama.

In the panel Sumeda is shown in four forms appearing before the Dīpankara Buddha.

The final form shows Sumeda suspended in the air like one of the lotus flowers.

Sikri stupa inside the Lahore Museum
Panel from the Sikri stupa showing the visit of Indra and his harpist to the Buddha in Indrasala Cave.