The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.87

c9.87

(¹) Again let us cite no. (Sârnâth) 1 of the Calcutta Museum (ANDERSON, Catalogue, II, p. 4; Anc. Mon. India, pl. 68, 1), the left upper division of which unfortunately broken) represents similarly the « great miracle » of Çrâvastî opposite to the « descent from heaven » (cf. below, p. 164, n. 1). It will be observed that on two other stelæ of the same origin (Anc. Mon. India, pll. 67, 3 and 68, 2 : Art g.-b. du Gandh., fig. 209, and Iconog. bouddh. de l'Inde, I, fig. 29, to the right) analogous representations of the same miracle decorate the borders of the stone and enclose the scene.