Image title: Figure 91. The Great Departure (Gandhara)

Figure 91:—Panel depicting the Great Departure with the representation of Siddhartha on the back of his horse Kanthaka, Loriyan Tangai, Pakistan (Gandhara), c. 3^rd century CE, 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.