And when he had spoken, all signs and tokens of false doctrine fell away from them and the threepiece monk's dress and the almsbowl appeared and their heads were shorn.... At the same time the five of the blessed company fell at the feet of the Tathagata as bhik$u's, confessed their fault end recognised trim es their Master, to love, honor and respect him. (408: 6, 14; 409: 5, 8, 17, 21).

The Buddha has seated himself on the chair provided for him, with his lotus-cushion in the middle of the relief, his right hand held in vitarka-mudra, probably discoursing; streaks of flame all round him indicate the radiance spoken of in the text. Next to him is, left, an incense-burner, right, a stand but what it held is worn-off; further, on the right, three, and left, two of the five scholars who have already assumed the appearance of Buddhist monks. The front one, right, holds a lotus. Trees in the background indicate the situation; in the right hand corner sits a hare and two monkeys are sporting in the tree farthest to the left. Under the same tree sit four spectators, some with flowers in their hand; their headdress has partly disappeared but as far as we can see it was simple in style. Gods or suchlike beings, for instance the Bodhisattva's ') present at the first preaching, they are not likely to be, more likely citizens of Benares who have come to look on; at any rate the text does not mention them. It is worth noting besides that on this relief as well, the almsbowl positively mentioned in the text is omitted; we might almost think that the Javan bhiksu's made no use of this article in their outfit.