Lalitavistara is a biography of Gautama Buddha. On Borobudur's reliefs, the story starts from the glorious descent of the Buddha from the Tushita heaven, and ends with his first sermon in the Deer Park near Benares.[13] The relief shows the birth of the Buddha as Prince Siddhārtha, son of King Suddhodana and Queen Maya of Kapilavastu (in present-day Nepal). The life of...