Image title: Figure 12. The Archaeological site of Bharhut, Satna, Madhya Pradesh

Figure 12:—The archaeological site of the Great Stupa, Bharhut, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, c. 2^nd-1^st century BCE. (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.