Figure 87. The Great Departure (Sanci)

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Figure 87:—Panel on the outer face of the middle architrave of the eastern gateway depicting the Great Departure with the recurring representation of the regal parasol and Siddharthaʼs horse Kanthaka, Stupa I, Sanci, c. 1st 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.

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