page_title: Bimaran casket
section_title: Steatite container
hierarchical_section_title: Bimaran casket / Steatite container
caption_attribution_description: Steatite container of the Bimaran casket. British Museum. Personal photograph 2005.
context_page_description: The Bimaran casket or Bimaran reliquary is a small gold reliquary for Buddhist relics that was found inside the stupa no.2 at Bimaran, near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
context_section_description: The Bimaran casket was kept in a steatite box, with inscriptions stating that it contained some relics of the Buddha. When opened in the 19th century, the box did not contain identifiable relics, but instead some burnt pearls, bead of precious and semi-precious stones, and the four coins of Azes II.
  The inscriptions written on the box are :
  Main body of the container:
  "Shivaraksita mumjavamdaputrasa danamuhe niyadide bhagavata sharirehi sarvabudhana puyae"
  "Sacred gift of Shivaraksita, son of Munjavamda; presented for Lord's relics, in honour of all Buddhas" (Translation by Fussman)
  Lid of the container:
  "Shivaraksita mumjavamdaputrasa danamuhe bhagavata sharirehi"
  "Gift of Shivaraksita, son of Munjavamda; presented for Lord's relics"
caption: The steatite box that contained the Bimaran casket.
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