The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.47

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A. Jāti. — 1. The Nativity is here represented according to the usual formula of Gandhāra. 2. At Amarāvatī the Jāti has here been replaced by the Mahābhinishkramaṇa, the physical birth by the spiritual one (cf. pp. 13 and 148, n. 2) ; but this last episode is now conceived in the Gandhārian manner (cf. pl. III, A³) — 3. The panel of Benares groups : on the right, the Nativity, with Indra kneeling to receive the child (notice the analogy of Indra's tiara with that which he wears on pl. IV, 1, A) ; in the middle, the Seven Steps of the Bodhisattva, and above, the Cutting of the Hair and the Farewell to Chandaka.