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    Bharhut is a village located in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, central India. It is known for its famous relics from a Buddhist stupa. What makes...
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  • larger stone sculptures, and architectural monuments such as the stupa at Bharhut, and the renowned Great Stupa at Sanchi. The Shunga rulers helped to establish...
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  • 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...
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    BCE, Bharhut, Indian Museum – Kolkata. Illustrated reconstruction of the pinnacles at Bharhut by Alexander Cunningham Eastern gateway of Bharhut stupa...
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    capitals which are visible in the reliefs of Sanchi and Bharhut, dated to the 2nd century BCE. The Bharhut pillars are formed of a cylindrical or octagonal shaft...
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    Bharhut Mathura Sughana INDO- GREEKS SUNGAS Dhanabhūti (Brahmi: 𑀥𑀦𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀺) or Vatsiputra Dhanabhūti was a 2nd or 1st-century BCE Buddhist king in Central...
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    capitals including the Pillars of Ashoka, and stupas such as the Sanchi and Bharhut stupas, which were constructed and first decorated during the Maurya Era...
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    to the faith. The same throne is also illustrated in later reliefs from Bharhut, dated to circa 100 BCE. The long frieze at the front is slightly different...
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    (10 km SW of Sanchi). Further south, about 100 km away, is Saru Maru. Bharhut is 300 km to the northeast. Sanchi Stupa is depicted on the reverse side...
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    art. Some of the earliest such illustrations can be found at Sanchi and Bharhut. According to Naomi Appleton, Jātaka collections also may have played "an...
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    and gateways of the Buddhist stupa from Bharhut (the bare stupa is still at Bharhut, near Satna, MP). The Bharhut panels are unique in that they are inscribed...
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    Hellenistic influence. Numerous sphinxes can be seen on the gateways of Bharhut stupa, dating to the 1st century B.C. In South India, the "sphinx" is known...
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    deity figures. The Buddhist stupa sites of Sanchi and Bharhut both have many, those at Bharhut carrying inscriptions with their names. The figure has...
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    are found on a 100 BCE relief sculpted on the railing of the stupa at Bhārhut, as well as in Sanchi. From that period the Diamond throne remains, an...
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    Buddha, probably around the 1st century CE, Indian Buddhist art, as seen in Bharhut or Sanchi, had essentially been aniconic, avoiding representation of the...
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    229–245, December 1981. Dutta, Rita (1 December 2010). "Swastika Symbol on Bharhut Stone Railing: A Case Study". Ancient Asia. 2: 147–154. doi:10.5334/aa...
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    Kesariya, where he also erected pillars with his inscriptions, and possibly Bharhut, Amaravati, or Dharmarajika. Ashoka also established the Pillars of Ashoka...
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  • The tale of the jackal and the otters, a 2nd-century BCE Indian sculpture from the Bharhut stupa...
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    Mahakapi Jataka in Bharhut, 2nd century BCE....
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    from railing of the Bharhut Stupa, Shunga dynasty, early 2nd century BC. Adoration of the Diamond Throne and the Bodhi Tree, Bharhut. Descent of the Buddha...
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    temple structure are found on a 100 BCE relief from the stupa railing at Bhārhut, as well as in Sanchi. These circular-type temples were also found in later...
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    standard illustrated on one of the nearly contemporary reliefs at Bharhut. In Bharhut, a man riding a horse is seen holding a portable pillar-standard...
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    less frequently, other tree with flowers or fruits. The three sites of Bharhut, Sanchi, and Mathura, have yielded huge numbers of Yakshi figures, most...
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    with reliefs of running youths and animals, similar in style to those at Bharhut, so perhaps from c. 150-100 BCE. This subject-matter continued in the coping...
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    the enemy's dhvaja brought misfortune to their opponents. A relief of Bharhut stupa railing portrays a queenly personage on horseback carrying a Garudadhvaja...
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    Raychaudhari pointed out that Buddhist monuments were constructed at Bharhut during the Shunga rule. However, according to N. N. Ghosh, these were constructed...
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    India. A warrior figure, the Bharhut Yavana, appeared prominently on a high relief on the railings of the stupa of Bharhut circa 100 BC. The warrior has...
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    Buddhist contexts, and appears on the railings from the Buddhist site of Bharhut, from 125-100 BCE. It appears on a 1st-century BCE coin of Azilises, and...
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  • descendants led to the construction of more stūpas (such as at Sanchi and Bharhut), temples (such as the Mahabodhi Temple) and to its spread throughout the...
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    Stupa), Taxila, Pakistan Bhir Mound (reconstructed), Taxila, Pakistan Bharhut stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Deorkothar Stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Butkara...
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