Image title: Figure 116. Worship of the Stupa (Amaravati)

Figure 116:—Dome slab panel depicting the worship of the stupa with the representation of a pair of winged celestial beings hovering around the parasols at the pinnacle, Amaravati, c. 2^nd century CE, Government Museum, Chennai. (Courtesy: Jyoti Rohilla Rana, The Sculptural Art of Amaravati, Plate 5.13).

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The art of Bharhut, dominated by sculptural reliefs narrating a popular facet of Buddhism in the form of the immense Jataka literature, represent the emergence of visual narrative art in India.—Bharhut represents the earliest evidence of narrative art which display many story telling techniques.