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# A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.349

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.

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