INDRA ON ELEPHANT Bronze fire-gilt Nepal , 17th century Dimensions: Height 16 cm by 9,5 cm Weight: 570,9 grams Indra standing on a prostrate elephant on an oval lotus throne. The four-armed guardian deity is holding a vajra, a bow, an elephant goad called ankusha and chisel. The horizontal Third Eye is characteristic for Indra and he bears a diadem and flaming nimbus. Later he was also named King of the Gods.