Image title: Figure 5. Mother Goddess with Lotus Headdress

Figure 5:—Terracotta figurine of the Mother Goddesses with a lotus head-dress, Mathura, c. 200 BCE. (Courtesy: Pratapaditya Pal, Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 BC-AD 700, Vol. I, Fig. 12).

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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.