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The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.181

The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.181

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c11.s1.181

On the right, at the top, we distinguish in the upper row of the bas-reliefs the two last of the Bodhisattva’s four promenades, namely, the rencontre with the dead man and with the monk. The corresponding bas-reliefs of the lower row have not yet been explained. On the other hand, from the place where the view is taken, we cannot see the two rows of sculptures which correspondingly decorate the moulded parapet to the left. (Cf. pp. 213-5.)