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The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c13.22

The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c13.22

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c13.22

Gandhāra, Buddhist monuments numerous in, 124-5. — ceded by Seleukos to Candragupta, 121. — cities of, 118. — columns in Corinthian or Persepolitan style in, xxv. — conversion of, by Madhyāntika 122. — frontier country under Açoka, 121. — Greeks in, 125-8. — Hāritī story localized in, 122. — jātaka scenes rare in, 26. — jātakas localized in, 123. — legendary scenes numerous in, 26. — Madhyāntika apostle of, 122. — Mahāyāna flourishing in, 125. — monasteries (1000) of, 124. — Ṛiṣyaçṛinga-jātaka localized in, 48. — sculptures from, iii, xv, xvi, xviii, xxiv-viii, xxx, xlvii. — Shaḍdanta-jātaka figured in, 39, 188, 195-6. — Tutelary Pair commonly worshipped and figured in, 141-2, xviii. — See also Karamār Hill, Kharkia, Mekha-Sandha, Peshawar, Sahri-Bahlol, Takht-i-Bahai, Taxilā. Gandharvas as decorative figures 85 (Sānchī). — king of the. See Dhṛitarāṣṭra. Gardener, story of. See Ārāmadūsaka-jātaka. Gargoyles for carrying off water xxxi (Boro-Budur). Garland as decorative motif, 85 (Sānchī). — figured 170-2, 172 n. 1 (Takht-i-Bahai), xxiv-vi, xxviii (Gandhāra), xxviii (Barhut). — serpentine, in sculpture, 34. Garments, rain of, figured 228, xxxvi (Boro-Budur). Garuda figured 107 (Sānchī). Gaul, Tutelary Pair in. See Essay V, xvii. Gazelle figured iv (Gandhāra and Amarāvatī), xix (Sārnāth). — See also Antelope and Deer. General figured 227-8 (Boro-Budur). Genius figured 71, 80 (Sānchī).