The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c7.s1.t2.29
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c7.s1.t2.29
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¹ For the bas-reliefs see CUNNINGHAM, *Barhut*, pl. XIV, 1, and for the inscriptions HULTZSCH, Ind. Antiquary, XXI, p. 235. Let us notice also on the front face of the lower lintel of the western gate (the back face of the same lintel in the restoration of to-day, and the front face of the upper lintel in the plan of COLE ap. FERGUSSON, pl. XVIII) that the defeat of Mâra's army by Buddha is represented beside a Bodhi tree, which is already surrounded by his temple.