The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c7.s1.t2.18

c7.s1.t2.18

(¹) We may notice that the form of this *stûpa* is the most ancient of which Indian art has preserved the image. In the objects decorating its circumference (a long shell, a double basket (?), and a large conch) we should be disposed to see — like the oar planted by the companions of Ulysses on the tumulus of Elpenor — the implements used by the deceased during his lifetime.