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Question
Study the picture of the Stupa at Sanchi and answer the following question:
What events are depicted on the Panels of the Gateway?
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Solution
The Panels of the Gateways depict events from Buddha’s life and from Jataka tales. Buddha was represented in Symbolic forms like that of a wheel or a lotus or a throne under pipal.
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