Sculpture from Jamal Garhi: Siddharta in matches, and Siddharta and the dead elephant

Ingholt, Harald

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Sculpture from Jamal Garhi: Siddharta in matches, and Siddharta and the dead elephant

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Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Title:	Sculpture from Jamal Garhi: Siddharta in matches, and Siddharta and the dead elephant
Author(s):	Ingholt, Harald
Keywords:	Gandhara Sculpture;Reliefs;stone sculpture;book scan
Series/Report no.:	Basham Collection
Description:	Matches for the hand of Yasodhara, Left, wrestling, Centre, archer, Standing figure umpire (?), seated one Suddhodana, Siddharta's father, At right, following Siddharta's victory, his jealous cousin, Devadatta kills state elephant leaving city, Siddharta picked up elephant "with one hand and hurled it over the seven walls and moats of the city," On top, Buddha, with covered hands in attitude of meditation, is flanked by two worshippers, Pattern of pipal tree leaves, edged by moulding of laurel leaves, divides two tiers, On top of top is leaf-and-dart moulding,
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163330
Other Identifiers:	ANUA 682-562

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