Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c17.83

c17.83

No. 6.—Supposed by Cunningham to be the hermitage of Ṛishi Bharadvāja at Prayāga, or of Atri at Chitrakūṭa; showing Rāma, Lakshmaṇa, and Sītā standing before the Ṛishi. A more elaborate and dramatic representation of *Rāmāyaṇa* scenes in their sequence is to be found in four parts of a story-telling panel in a sculpture at Nāgārjunikoṇḍa (*c.* second century A.D.) [See Plate XLV of *Memoir* No. 54 of Archaeological Department, Government of India.].