The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c10.72
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c10.72
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II. — From GRIFFITHS, *The Paintings in the Buddhist Cave Temples of Ajaṇṭā*, pl. 63 (fragment). For the description and interpretation of the attitude of the great white elephant cf. p. 195. The hunter is represented twice, first prostrate at the elephant's feet, with his head on the ground, then still squatting, but already balancing on his shoulder the double burden of tusks, which the magnanimous animal has just delivered to him.