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Scene from the Bāveru Jātaka: The veneration of the peacock in Babylon (Shwezigon Pagoda, Pagan, Burma). From: Duroiselle, Chas. 1916. Pictorial Representations of Jātakas in Burma. Pp. 87–119 in: Archaeological Survey of India, Annual Report 1912–13, ed. John Marshall. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India: Fig. 21.

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Contacts Between the Cuneiform Cultures and India

Cultures of Mesopotamia and Western Iran were in contact with the Indian world for millennia. But while elephants were moved from India to Mesopotamia, it is still difficult to est