It is known that around 115 BC, King Antialkidas (Indo-Greek) sent Heliodorus to the court of Sunga King Bhagabhadra in Vidisha, India. Around the same time or around 115 BC, artisans from the northwest built decorative reliefs for the first time at Sanchi, which is six miles from Vidisha. Instead of using the regional Brahmi alphabet, these artisans left their markings as masons in Kharoshthi, which was mostly used in the region around Gandhara. This suggests that some of the earliest designs and figures that can be seen on the railings of the Stupa were created by these foreign labourers. The more elaborate pillar carvings at Sanchi are dated to 80 BC, while the earlier reliefs (which are at Sanchi Stupa No 2) there are dated to 115 BC. According to general-acceptance, these reliefs are the oldest elaborate stupa adornment in existence. They are regarded as the creators of the Indian Jataka drawings. [Images : 1. Lakshmi with lotus and two child attendants, probably derived from similar images of Venus 2. Foreigner on a horse. The medallions are dated circa 115 BC 3. Griffin 4. Female riding a Centaur 5. Lotus within Hellenistic beads and reels motif 6. Floral motif. ] [Information and Image Credit : Indo-Greek_Kingdom, Wikipedia] Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic and Public Domain Work of Art (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Original Source Image URLs :: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lakshmi_Sanchi_Stupa_2.jpg 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Stupa_2_man_on_horse.jpg 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Stupa_Nr._2_Chim%C3%A4re_(1999).JPG 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Female_riding_a_Centaur_Sanchi_Stupa_2.jpg 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_within_beads_and_reels_motif_Stupa_No2_Sanchi.jpg 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flower_motif_Stupa_No2_Sanchi.jpg ]
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