The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.85

c11.s1.85

18. (L., 162). The frame contains two distinct episodes. On the right king Cikhaṇḍin passes, seated in a litter; surely he has just ordered each person in his suite to throw a handful of dust on Mahâkâtyâyana, with whom his relations have never been cordial. On the left — for once, correctly represented by Wilsen — the monk, already free from the heap of dust, under which he has miraculously preserved his life, announces to the good ministers Hiru and Bhiru the approaching and inevitable destruction of the infidel city of Roruka.