The History of Buddha Gautama in Basreliefs
30. The great seer Asita of the Himalaya mountains informs the King that his son will become a monk.
31. Mahesvara, the god Civa himself, escorted by thousands of gods adore the Bodhisattva.
32. A visit to a temple.
33. The Bodhisattva goes to a temple.
34. Upon his arrival all the statues jump from their pedestals and prostrAte themselves before the feet of the Bodhisattva.
35. The King gives him jewels.
36. The Bodhisattva goes to school. The teacher faints at seeing the Prince's radiant face.
37. The Bodhisattva at school.
38. A visit to a village to acquaint himself with the people's life.
39. He is sitting under a tree, which does not remove its shadows in order to shelter him. 40. The Princes of the Sakya dynasty ask the Bodhisattva to marry.
41. The Bodhisattva chooses princess Gopa to whom he gives a ring.
42. Her father wants to hold a swayamwara to prove the strength of the Bodhisattva.
43. Devadatta, a cousin of the Prince, is one of the competitors in the swayamwara. He has to fight a huge elephant. He kills the animal with one blow of his bare hand.
44. On the panel only a cart's wheel and a soldier are visible. The Bodhisattva, sitting in the carriage, drags along the corpse of the elephant with his left foot, and consequently whirls it out of the city along a distance of 8 yojanas (1 yojana = 8 miles).
45. The Bodhisattva's chastity tested with seduction by beautiful women.
46. Not clearly identified.
47. Not clearly identified.
48. Scene of the swayamwara test: shooting an arrow right through seven tree trunks.
49. The marriage of the Bodhisattva.
50. The Bodhisattva and his wife in the palace.
51. In the palace the couple is welcomed with music.
52. The Bodhisattva wants to leave the world and receives some god.
53. In order to prevent his leaving the palace his father has 3 palaces built for Bodhisattva and has him entertained by beautiful women.
54. The Bodhisattva is severeiy guarded.
55. The first encounter with an old man (samsara).
56. The second encounter with a sick man (samsara).
57. The third encounter with a dead mam (samsara).
58. The fourth encounter with a monk, disclosing the way to ultimate salvation.
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