Image title: Figure 82. Dream of Mayadevi (Sanci)

Figure 82:—South facing panel on the northern pillar of the eastern gateway depicting Mayadeviʼs dream of a celestial elephant, attended by a peacock, Stupa I, Sanci, c. 1^st century BCE. (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.