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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

- **Language:** English

### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c3.2)

| Figure | | Page reference |  
| 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 |

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