Sanchi: West Gate, detail of lower two lintels, from west

Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Sanchi: West Gate, detail of lower two lintels, from west

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dc.contributor.author	Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatial	India (Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-24T05:15:00Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-24T05:15:00Z
dc.date.created	circa 1970s
dc.identifier	ANUA 682-289
dc.identifier.other	IA-373
dc.identifier.other	IA-373
dc.identifier.other	21
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163067
dc.description	Beautifully displayed on the top and middle lintels of the West gate are the two most significant Buddha Jatakas, as far as this gateway is concerned, and the most familiar legend-wise in terms of popular recognition, The upper architrave shows Buddha's sermon at the Deer Park: his first after his Enlightenment when he 'sets the wheels of the law in motion,' Symbolizing this particular aspect of the Buddha sermon is the Great Wheel of the Law carved above the throne beneath the Bodhi tree, From everywhere, animals as well as people have come to hear Buddha speak suggesting the master's universal appeal to all living things, Beneath this architrave is a panel showing the veneration of the Bodhi tree by the king of elephants, Chhassanta, Here too, the Bodhi tree is festooned with garlands brought by adoring followers, Though the composition may at first appear crowded, and there are indeed a good many figures included in the small space, closer inspection reveals that the many figures are carefully juxtapositioned [sic] to those around them and that overlapping is adeptly engineered to suggest a convincing amount of depth to accommodate the movement within,
dc.format.extent	35mm
dc.format.medium	mounted transparency
dc.format.medium	b&w
dc.format.medium	sepia
dc.format.mimetype	image/tiff
dc.language.iso	en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Basham Collection
dc.subject	Sanchi
dc.subject	architecture
dc.subject	stone sculpture
dc.subject	mounted transparency set
dc.title	Sanchi: West Gate, detail of lower two lintels, from west
dc.type	Image
dc.date.updated	2019-05-24T05:15:00Z
dc.provenance	Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.license	This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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