Image title: Figure 2. Worship of Tree Deity

Figure 2:—Steatite seal depicting the worship of a peepal tree goddess, Mohenjodaro, c. 2,000 BCE. (Courtesy: Stella Kramrisch, Indian Sculpture, Fig. 8).

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The art of Bharhut, dominated by sculptural reliefs narrating a popular facet of Buddhism in the form of the immense Jataka literature, represent the emergence of visual narrative art in India.—Bharhut represents the earliest evidence of narrative art which display many story telling techniques.