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Miran Stupa 5: Prince Sudana Jataka

CHINA, Xinjiang, Bayingolin; 3th century; 31 x 31.5 cm; National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
These mural fragments are painted with an image of a male figure with lidded eyes and a mustache. Based on a photograph taken at the site by Aurel Stein, the black area beside the head of the figure is thought to be an elephant's trunk. This suggests that the mural illustrated how the Buddha, in one of his past lives as Prince Sudana, gave away his two children, wife, and elephant. In the photograph taken by Stein, the name of the artist is written in Gandharan script next to the elephant's foot.

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