Early Indian narrative art of Bharhut: photo 129
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Image title: Figure 129. Female on Lotus
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Figure 129:—Pillar chamfer sculpture depicting a female standing on a padma (lotus) flower under a mango tree, Bharhut, Bharhut Gallery, Indian Museum, Kolkata. (Courtesy: Arabinda Ghosh, Remains of Bharhut Stupa in the Indian Museum, Plate 24, a).
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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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