Image title: Figure 8. Sir Alexander Cunningham

Figure 8:—Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893), the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1871 to 1885. (Courtesy: ASI).

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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.