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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure SSA-ind-071. The anthropomorphic nagas and naginis sporting the pentacephalic or monocpehalic cobra hoods worshipping the Buddha Shakyamuni's relics deposited inside the Ramagrama Stupa (an unidentified location, probably somewhere between Lumbini and Kushinagar, South Nepal/North India). King Ashoka the Great (r. 268-232 BC) approaching the stupa from the other side (not shown) in a failed attempt to remove the local portion of the post-Mahaparinirvana cremation ashes with a goal of combining them with remaining seven original portions for the redistribution among the proposed 84,000 newly built stupas throughout the Maurya Empire. |
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| Sandstone | High relief (South torana, outer (south) face, middle architrave, central panel, left (west) side, carved decoration, detail, in situ) |
Unknown | Satavahana Dynasty, 20s-30s AD |
Sanchi Stupa Complex, Madhya Pradesh, Central India |
Great Stupa |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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