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RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

 

 

 

  Nalagiri

 

Thailand

The back of a bai lahn, a palm leaf manuscript (fig.), decorated with an engraving of the Buddha taming the elephant Nalagiri.

 

The confrontation took place in Rajagaha, the capital of the kingdom of Magadha and a major city of ancient India.

 

  Nalagiri