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The Bharhut stupa, depicted on one of the friezes. Freer Gallery of Art. The Bharhut stupa may have been first built by the Maurya king Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, but many works of art, particularly the gateway and railings, were apparently added during the Shunga period, with many reliefs from the 2nd century BCE, or later. [10]
More images: N-RJ-74 Harsat Mata ka Mandir: Abaneri: Dausa: Harsat Mata ka Mandir More images: N-RJ-75 Banjaron ki Chhatri (containing two pillars similar to railing pillars of Bharhut Stupa) Lalsot: Dausa: Upload Photo: N-RJ-76 Ancient Mound Maheshra: Dausa: Upload Photo: N-RJ-77 Ancient Mound Raniwas: Dausa: Upload Photo: N-RJ-78 Ancient ...
Here are images illustrating some of the scenes from the Jataka tales: ... Scene from the Kukkuta Jataka story from the Bharhut stupa, 150 BCE.
Shunga period stupa No. 2 at Sanchi. East Gateway and Railings, Red Sandstone, Bharhut Stupa, 2nd century BCE. Indian Museum, Kolkata. Shunga emperors were seen as amenable to Buddhism and as having contributed to the building of the stupa at Bharhut. [32] During his reign the Buddhist monuments of Bharhut and Sanchi were renovated and further ...
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Many portions of the stupa at Bharhut bear inscriptions with the names of Buddhist donors. Dhanabhuti is known from two, or possibly three, of these dedications, and he crucially dedicated the largest and most prestigious portion of the monument, the Eastern Gateway, now displayed in the Indian Museum, in Calcutta.
This gallery also includes drum and dome slabs related to stupa worship, alongside various antiquities like gold coins and beads from that period. [9] Gallery III showcases sculptures from the 2nd century B.C., including a Yakshi of Bharhut tradition, a stele with labeled panels, and a fragment of Asoka's pillar edict. Other notable exhibits ...
The Bharhut Yavana is a high relief of a warrior which was discovered among the reliefs of the railings around the Bharhut Stupa. It is dated to circa 100 BCE, with a range from 150 BCE to 80 BCE. [1] The relief is currently in the Indian Museum in Kolkata. [2] The man in the relief has been described as a Greek, called "Yavanas" among the Indians.