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as being devoted to tree-worship requires altogether restating. With all his genius he was attempting the impossible when he tried to interpret the work
FIG. 43.-ELEPHANTS BEFORE THE WISDOM TREE. [From Cunningham's Stupa of Bharhut. Pl. xxx.]
of Indian artists without a knowledge of Indian literature. His mistake was really very natural. At first sight such bas-reliefs as those here figured (Figures 43 and 44) seem most certainly to show
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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