Image title: Figure 3. Tiger and Tree Deity

Figure 3:—Steatite seal depicting a tree god and a tiger, Kalibangan, c. 2,700 BCE. (Courtesy: Sir John Marshall, Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Valley Civilization, Fig. 17).

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The art of Bharhut, dominated by sculptural reliefs narrating a popular facet of Buddhism in the form of the immense Jataka literature, represent the emergence of visual narrative art in India.—Bharhut represents the earliest evidence of narrative art which display many story telling techniques.