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title: Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture
author: Anindita Basu
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5822/sasa-jataka-narrative-sculpture/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture

_Authored by [Anindita Basu](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ab.techwriter/)_

## Image File

[![Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5822.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5822.jpg)

## Image Caption

Coping stone fragment depicting a scene from the Sasa Jataka, identified by the inscription at the top. Now housed at the Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, this narrative [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/) is about a story where the Bodhisattva is born as a rabbit and sacrifices his life to save another's. Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/), 2nd century BCE.

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## Bibliography

- [Allahabad Museum](http://theallahabadmuseum.com/ "Allahabad Museum"), accessed 1 Dec 2016.

## About the Author

Anindita is a technical writer and editor. Her off-work interests include Indology, data visualisation, and etymology.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Basu, A. (2016, October 02). Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5822/sasa-jataka-narrative-sculpture/>
### Chicago
Basu, Anindita. "Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 02, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5822/sasa-jataka-narrative-sculpture/>.
### MLA
Basu, Anindita. "Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Oct 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5822/sasa-jataka-narrative-sculpture/>.

## License & Copyright

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