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The Bodhisattva sculpture in the Lucknow Museum, on a 1 anna stamp.
The Bodhisattva
On 15 August 1949, the second anniversary of independence, India issued its first definitive series of its own, sixteen values from 3 pies to 15 rupees, to replace the stamps bearing the King’s head. They show the temples, monuments and sculptures of India’s past, from Ajanta to the Taj Mahal, and the series is often called the Archaeological series. The 1 anna shows a sculpture of a Bodhisattva in the State Museum, Lucknow. This is the first version of the design, Die I; it was redrawn in 1950 as Die II.
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