Inside

this casket was one of black stone, and in this one of crystal “ containing a small fragment of bone.” A second casket found lower down has a text mentioning relics of Buddha. The crystal phial in this case was lying broken and open: a large number of gold flowers and other objects (177 in all), a number of jewels, and a text on a twisted silver leaf, were in this instance found in the outer stone casket. A tiny casket formed of a single beryl contained three small pieces of bone.