 The first known epigraphic evidence for Amitābha is the bottom part of a statue found in Govindnagar, Pakistan and now located at Government Museum, Mathura.The statue is dated to "the 26th year of the reign of " i.e., sometime in the latter half of the second century during the Kushan Empire, and was apparently dedicated to "Amitābha Buddha" by a family of merchants.The first known sutra mentioning Amitābha is the translation into Chinese of the "Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra" by the Kushan monk around 180.