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Prince Siddhartha's Archery Contest and Devadatta and the Elephant

This curved frieze panel shows two scenes. On the lower right a figure of prince Siddhartha, seen in profile to the left, wearing Iranian dress, riding a stockily built horse with his back slightly turned as he bends the bow aiming at a target hung in a tree Two admiring figures are behind.

Kind
artefact
Date
50–100 CE