The East Gate in a photo from c.1910

Source: ebay,  July 2006


Great Stupa at Sanchi, Eastern Gate (torana) front

Source: http://www.library.upenn.edu/etext/sasia/aiis/architecture/sanchi/
(downloaded Oct. 1999)


Great Stupa, East Gate, yakshi or heavenly damsel lounging auspiciously on torana

Source: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Sanchi&cd=7256-3191-2328:7256-3191-2325:7256-3191-2326&country=Inde&col=pays
Sanchi 3, 5, 6
(downloaded May 2004)


The yakshi and her elephant, with his beautifully detailed rope harness

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/9837
(downloaded Dec. 2005)


Standing at the gate, a Door Guardian (dvara-pala)

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_boy/222135823/
(downloaded Sept. 2006)


Great Stupa at Sanchi, East Gate, South Pillar: Mayadevi dreams of the elephant

Source: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Sanchi&cd=7256-3191-2328:7256-3191-2325:7256-3191-2326&country=Inde&col=pays
[Sanchi, set 2 (of three), page 4, image 2]
(downloaded April 2000)


Great Stupa at Sanchi, East Gate, South Pillar: the return of the Buddha to Kapilavastu (lower part of above pillar)

Source: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Sanchi&cd=7256-3191-2328:7256-3191-2325:7256-3191-2326&country=Inde&col=pays
[Sanchi, set 2 (of three), page 4, image 1]
(downloaded April 2000)


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