Based on traces from an accompanying inscribed cartouche, this paper reorganizes nearly 50 plots found in images of the Sudāna Jataka in Mogao cave 419. In the light of several newly discovered clues regarding this illustration, and by reference to the Jatakas from the Pali Canon, the author conjectures that the images of Sudāna in Dunhuang were most likely influenced by the scriptures or images of certain early Buddhist schools,and that a few detailed images found only in Dunhuang art were a unique creation of local artists. From the general absence of the image of "giving his wife" in the illustrations of Dunhuang it is conjectured that this theme was omitted by the cave-makers in order to avoid ideological conflicts when introducing foreign Buddhist culture.
