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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3650080, member: 92212"]I just read the Wiki article on Antiaklidas. It includes a paragraph titled "Coins", in which this is stated:</p><p><br /></p><p>'According to some interpretations (Grousset), the <u><b>baby elephant</b></u> may symbolize the Buddha Siddhartha, who took the shape of a <u><b>small elephant</b></u> to enter the womb of his mother Queen Maya, a scene often depicted in Greco-Buddhist art. In that case the coin scene would represent a victory of Buddhism. According to other interpretations the <u><b>elephant</b></u> was the symbol of the city of Taxila.'[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3650080, member: 92212"]I just read the Wiki article on Antiaklidas. It includes a paragraph titled "Coins", in which this is stated: 'According to some interpretations (Grousset), the [U][B]baby elephant[/B][/U] may symbolize the Buddha Siddhartha, who took the shape of a [U][B]small elephant[/B][/U] to enter the womb of his mother Queen Maya, a scene often depicted in Greco-Buddhist art. In that case the coin scene would represent a victory of Buddhism. According to other interpretations the [U][B]elephant[/B][/U] was the symbol of the city of Taxila.'[/QUOTE]
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