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It looks like an ancient language (pali) used by an ancient Indian king Ashoka who became a disciple of Buddha after a whole bunch of bloody wars...Its during this time that a lot of scholars from China came to India to study in the then famous Nalanda University...

My father had a stone which a buddist monk (near Tibet) gave him along with a painted picture of Buddha (in nautral colors ...which I still cherish) in the early 50's .The carvings in the stone that looks like the text on her back...These were carvings made by the kings 'religious' workers to promote Buddhism...

Tibetians use this language to date and you'll find this all over their temples and in their text...so my guess is the lady hails from Tibet...