The present bronze was almost certainly cast after a famous large bronze figure of Shakti Devi which forms the main image of worship in the Shakti Devi Temple in Chatrarhi in Chamba, dated to the first half of the eighth century, and illustrated by U. von Schroeder in Indo-Tibetan Bronzes,1981, Hong Kong, pp. 144-145, fig. 23E. Both the current bronze and the Chamba example are depicted with four arms holding the same implements in each hand. The representation of the headdress fronting the chignon, with large stacked circular jewel motifs, and the beaded necklace that falls between the breasts and off to the side, are remarkably similar to those found in the current image.