Sculpture of a Standing Shakyamuni Buddha (The Historical Buddha). Half of the statue is in the ground. It is a hint of the buddhist period of the Temple Area, some attempts to steal this Image. You´ll find further pictures of this Sculpture in the below cited literature.
Built 11 - 12th ct.
Foto by Rajesh Dhungana (2021)
Foto by Lain S. Bangdel in http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/lostStolen/nepal.php
Foto by Sukra S. Shrestha
Lain S. Bangdel, Stolen Images of Nepal, Kathmandu 1989
Ulrich Wiesner, Nepal, Du Mont Kunst-Reiseführer, 1. Aufl. Köln 1997
Lain S. Bangdel, Inventory of Stone Sculptures of the Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu 1995
