Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.6
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.6
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c12.s2.t1.6
OBJECTS OF WORSHIP :—At Bharhut there is no trace of image worship but we find veneration of the Stūpa, Dharmachakra, Bodhi Vṛiksha, Charaṇa Pādukā, Buddha's hair and turban and the Triratna symbols. According to Buddhist tradition Stūpas were of three kinds : *Śarīrika*, i. e. bodily relic of the Buddha, e.g. bones, ashes, pairings of hair and nails ;