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Scene 23: Archery contest.
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The section around Maitreya's left knee is dedicated to the four excursions on the way to the pleasure garden where the Bodhisattva encounters an old man, a sick man, a corpse (death) and a monk.
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Scene 25: The four excursions (Scenes 24-26, 28) are represented by four roundels containing only two riders each – the Bodhisattva and a companion – accompanied by two guards.
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Scene 26: Third excursion.
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The fifth roundel then shows the last two encounters.
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Scene 27: The encounters of death, depicted by two men carrying a coffin, and a monk. Neither the old man nor the sick man are represented on the dhoti (Fig. 1k in Orientations).
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Scene 28: The fourth excursion.
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Detail of the fourth excursion (Fig. 1j in Orientations).
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Following the four encounters the Bodhisattva decides to leave home to become an ascetic.
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