Look at the picture given below and answer the questions: (i) Where is this piece of sculpture found? (ii) Give the title of the story made on it. OR What are stupas? Mention some of their striking features.
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English: Mahakapi Jataka in Bharhut. In this jataka tale the Buddha, in a previous incarnation as a monkey king, self-sacrificingly offers his own body as a bridge by which his troop can escape from a human king who is attacking them. A short section of the river, across which the monkeys are escaping, is indicated by fish designs. Directly below that, the impressed humans are holding out a blanket to catch him when he falls. At the very bottom (continuous narrative), the now recovered Buddha-to-be preaches to the king.
Date 3 September 2017
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Mahakapi Jataka. Bharhut, c. 100 BC. Indian Museum, Calcutta ei05-15.jpg
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