From narrative reliefs of significant events to minor events of lesser significance in Shakyamuni Buddha’s life, Gandharan artists adorned the Kushan period stupas vibrantly. Carved on black schist, the narrative relief displays a lively yet informative scene from young Siddhartha’s life. The scene is divided into two parts. On the right, under a parasol, Siddhartha is riding a ram with a female attendant holding a fly whisk on his way to the school (lipishala). As a young Shakyan Prince, Siddhartha was taught many excellent skills, including writing and archery. His entourage includes a horseman and an attendant carrying a folded chair and an inkpot. The next scene occurs in the lipishala, where a senior monk sits on a stool under an acanthus tree depicting a grove. He is teaching the young prince by writing on a stone tablet resting on his knees. Siddhartha is shown standing next to his teacher with a halo. Celestial and attendant figures surround him. Even as a young prince, the artist has depicted him in a monk’s robe.