The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c7.s1.t2.24

c7.s1.t2.24

(¹) It appears to us that the ingenious suggestion that he has prostrated himself must be put aside : for in that case we could not understand how his disciples could remain standing ; besides, the flowers placed near him are scattered almost everywhere in the picture and are found likewise on one of the preceding bas-reliefs (§ 8 *b*). Also, the analogy of § 7 *a* is in opposition to the identification of the *caṅkrama* of the Blessed One with the great washing-stone brought to him on another occasion by the god Indra.