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The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c7.s1.t1.7

The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c7.s1.t1.7

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c7.s1.t1.7

a') On the reverse side (pl. VII, 2) the corresponding subjects are in the same order : two pairs of goats, with or without horns; two pairs of two-humped camels, likewise seated; two pairs of horned lions, standing and passant. All these animals serve as steeds for riders of both sexes and of different types, native and foreign. One of those at the summit has short hair, tied with a fillet, and carries in his left hand a piece of a vine-stock.