Early Indian narrative art of Bharhut: photo 50
Photo 50 of 140 in Gallery: Early Indian narrative art of Bharhut
Image title: Figure 50. Nigrodhamiga Jataka
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Figure 50:—Coping panel depicting the Nigrodhamiga Jataka with the representation of a deer, Bharhut, Bharhut Gallery, Indian Museum, Kolkata. (Courtesy: B. Subrahmanyam, Jatakas in Buddhist Thought and Art, Vol. I, Plate 70).
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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.
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