A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.349
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³ This scene has often been depicted on Buddhist monuments, probably it already appeared on the stūpa of Bharhut (S. J. *Fergusson*, Tree and Serpent Worship, Plate L; *Cunningham*, Stūpa of Bharhut, p. 134, No. 38; *Beal*, l.c., and *Ind. Ant.* 11, 1882, p. 146). Cf. *Foucher*, L'art gréco-bouddhique I, 273 ff.; A. *Grünwedel*, Bericht über archäologische Arbeiten in Idikutšari (ABayA 24, I, 1906), p. 90 f.