Image title: Figure 122. Vessantara Jataka (Nagarjunakonda)

Figure 122:—Panel depicting the Vessantara Jataka with the representation of two lions and a rocky hill, Nagarjunakonda, c. 3^rd century CE, Archaeological Museum, Nagarjunakonda. (Courtesy: B. Subrahmanyam, Jatakas in Buddhist Thought and Art, Vol. II, Plate 219).

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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.