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Lessons of Ahimsā and Anekānta for Contemporary Life
Figure 17. Mahabodhi Jataka. Detail from the coping stone, Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, c. mid second century B.C., Indian Museum, Calcutta. (Photo: After A. K. Coomaraswamy, La Sculpture de Bharhut, Paris, 1956, fig. 137.)
Figure 18. Rśyaśộnga, the brahmin ascetic and the Princess Shanta. Detail from a rail post, Mathura, c. early first century B.C., Government Museum, Mathura 76.40. (Photo: S. R. Quintanilla, courtesy Government Museum, Mathura.)
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