Early Indian narrative art of Bharhut: photo 120
Photo 120 of 140 in Gallery: Early Indian narrative art of Bharhut
Image title: Figure 120. Vessantara Jataka (Sanci)
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Figure 120:—Panel on the inner face of the lower architrave of the northern gateway depicting the Vessantara Jataka with the representation of a forest with trees and animals, 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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