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The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c3.2

The Buddhist Art of Gandhāra: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c3.2

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| 1 | Symbol of the Three Jewels, attended by a guardian *yaksha* Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, North Gateway | 9 |
| 2 | *Yaksha* sprites (*kumbhaṇḍas*) spouting forth the lotus Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, South Gateway | 10 |
| 3 | Queen Māyā on lotus, symbol of the divine Birth of the Buddha Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, East Gateway | 10 |
| 4*a* | Bodhi-tree and throne, symbolizing the Illumination Sāñchī, Stūpa 3, Gateway | 10 |
| *b* | Wheel of the Law, symbolizing the First Sermon Sāñchī, Stūpa 3, Gateway | 10 |
| 5 | Adoration of a stūpa, symbolizing the Death of the Buddha Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, West Gateway | 10 |
| 6 | The latter part of the Viśvantara Jātaka Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, North Gateway | 11 |
| 7 | Assault and defeat of Māra Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, West Gateway | 11 |
| 8 | Procession of King Śuddhodana to meet his son on his return to Kapilavastu Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, East Gateway | 12 |
| 9 | Three of the six inferior heavens (*kāmāvacara*) Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, East Gateway | 13 |
| 10*a* | The Śyāma Jātaka Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, West Gateway | 13 |
| *b* | The Nāga-rāja Mucilinda Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, West Gateway | 14 |
| 11 | A scene of pleasure among the rocks Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, North Gateway | 14 |
| 12 | Dwarf Atlants (*kumbhaṇḍas*) Sāñchī, Great Stūpa, West Gateway | 15 |
| 13 | Toilet-tray with pair of lovers Taxila, Sirkap. National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi | 17 |
| 14 | Toilet-tray with drinking-scene Taxila, Sirkap. National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi | 18 |
| 15 | Toilet-tray with hippocamp and rider Taxila, Sirkap. Taxila Museum | 18 |
| 16 | Toilet-tray with crowded drinking-scene Taxila, Sirkap. National Museum, New Delhi | 18 |
| 17 | Toilet-tray with sea-monster, ridden by half-draped female with baby Taxila, Sirkap. Taxila Museum | 19 |