Book of Donmon Teith

Jataka stories (stories about the previous births of the Buddha) are very popular in Theravada Buddhist countries, where they are found in both canonical texts

BUDDHA AND BUDDHISM - MYTHOLOGY SND FOLKLORE, (Reprint ed.) translated from the Pali by various hands.

This conclusion is confirmed by the fact that Jātaka scenes are found sculptured in the carvings on the railings round the relic shrines of Sanchi and Amaravat