The great Buddhist Tope at Sanchi before restoration – King Pasenadi in his Chariot. Above is the Wheel of the Law. From the Bharahat Tope. Pl. xiii. – Ajatasattu starting out to visit the Buddha – Kings and Queens watching a procession as it leaves a fort. From the Sanchi Tope. – Facade of mansion. From the Bharahat Tope. Ti, xxxi. – Sudhammo, the mote-hall of the gods – From the Bharahat Tope. Pl. xvi. – Ancient open-air bath at Anuradhapura.(No. I) – Ancient open-air bath at Anuradhapura. (No. 2) – Old Indian scrollwork – A Ziggarat. From Ragozin’s “Story of Chaldea.” – The thousand pillars. Ruins of the foundation of the seven-storied Great Brazen Palace at Anuradhapura. From Cave’s “Ruined Cities of Ceylon.” – The split rock. Gambling scene from the Bharahat tope – Scrollwork ornament as used outside houses and on Topes in Buddhist India. From the Bharahat Tope. Pl. xliii – Ground plan and restoration of the Bharahat Stupa. From Cunningham’s “Stupa of Bharhut.” Pl. iii. – Restoration (by W. Simpson) of the Ahin Posh Tope. From the Proceedings of the R.I.B.A. – A Stupa as carved on the bas-reliefs. From Cunningham’s “Stupa of Bharhut.” Pl. xxxi. – The Jetavana Dagaba – Specimens of ancient jewelry found in the Sakiya Tope. From J.R.A.S., 1898. – Old Indian girdle of jewels. From the figure of Sirimi Devata on the Bharahat Tope. Pl. li. – Old Indian necklaces – Old Indian locket. Old Indian earring. Old Indian locket. Size of original. – Medallion on the Bharahat Tope. xxiv. Fig. 3. – Ancient Indian head-dress – From a medallion on the Bharahat Tope. Pl. xxiv. Fig. 2. – Anatha Pindika’s gift of the Jetavana park. From the Bharahat Tope. Pl. lxvii. – Ancient Indian coins – Eran coins – Leaf of MS. from the Gosinga Vihara of an old Buddhist Anthology – Dr. Hoey’s brick tablet, with Buddhist Sutta inscribed on it – The copper plate from Takka-Sila. “Epigraphia Indica,” vol. iv. – The Maung-Gon gold plate. From “Epigraphia Indica,” vol. v., p. 101. – Leaf from the bower MS. birch bark cut to imitate palm leaves, with holes for strings to tie them up with – The inscribed vase from the Sakiya Tope – The Peppé vases. Found by Mr. Peppé in the Sakiya Tope. – Ruins of the Sakiya Tope, put up by his relatives over their portion of the ashes from the funeral pyre of the Buddha – Fragment of the thirteenth rock edict of Asoka, discovered by Professor Rhys-Davids at Girnar – The banyan deer Jataka story. Three episodes on one bas-relief. – Sirima Devata. From the Bharahat Tope. Pl. xxiii. – Modern image of Sri as consort of Vishnu. From Burgess’s “Cave Temples of India,” p. 524. – Hindoo goddess of luck – Vessavana Kuvera, King of the Yakshas, and Regent of the North. From the Bharahat Tope. – Chakavaka, King of the Nagas. From Cunningham’s “Stupa of Bharhut.” Pl. xxi, fig. 3. – Naga mermaids in water. From Burgess and Grünwedel’s “Buddhist Art in India” – Seated Naga; back view. From a fresco in Cave 11 at Ajanta – Elephants before the wisdom tree. From Cunningham’s “Stupa of Bharhut.” Pl. xxx. – The wisdom tree of Kassapa, the Buddha. From Cunningham’s “Stupa of Bharhut.” Pl. xxx. – The Buddha preaching to Nagas dwelling in a sacred tree. From a Buddhist carving at Takht-i-Bahi. J.R.A.S., 1898. – Details of the sculptures on the gates of Sanchi Tope – Details on the sculptures on the gates of Sanchi Tope – Rear view of the northern gate of Sanchi Tope – Jain temple at Khujarao – The great Buddhist Tope at Sanchi before restoration – Sanchi Tope. A general view from the south – Eastern gate of Sanchi Tope – Rear view of the eastern gate of Sanchi Tope – Details from eastern gate of Sanchi Tope – Details from eastern gate of Sanchi Tope – Map of the Kingdom of Asoka as described in the inscriptions and in the engraved edicts

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