Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture (Illustration)

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by Anindita Basu
published on 02 October 2016

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Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture — Coping stone fragment depicting a scene from the Sasa Jataka, identified by the inscription at the top. Now housed at the Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, this narrative sculpture is about a story where the Bodhisattva is born as a rabbit and sacrifices his life to save another's. Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2nd century BCE.

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Anindita Basu

Anindita is a technical writer and editor. Her off-work interests include Indology, data visualisation, and etymology.

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Allahabad MuseumAccessed 1 Dec 2016.

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Basu, A. (2016, October 02). Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/5822/

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