Image title: Figure 28. The Great Miracle at Shravasti

Figure 28:—Bottom panel on the Ajatashatru pillar depicting the Buddhaʼs great miracle at Shravasti with the representation of a crowd worshipping an empty seat under a mango tree with fruits, Bharhut, Bharhut Gallery, Indian Museum, Kolkata. (Photograph by the author).

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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.