The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.57

c11.s1.57

16. (L., 92). On the following panel he conducts Mândhâtar at a swoop to the summit of his prodigious fortune. Two kings, exactly alike and both with haloes, are seated in a palace side by side on seats of equal height, in the midst of their court. Without the slightest doubt the moment chosen is that when Çakra, the Indra of the Gods, has, on the mere mental wish of the king of men, yielded up to him the half of his throne : and there was no difference to be seen between them, except that the eyes of Çakra did not blink.