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What are the major contriburions of the Mauryan to Buddhist ar? |
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Answer» In the Mauryan period, stone culture dramatically emerged as the principal medium of the Indian artists. Some evidence is put forward by John Irwin that Ashokan columns may be the culmination of the ancient pre-Buddhist religious tradition in India of a cult of one cosmic pillar of axis mundi. With the Mauryan Empire, came a change in the art forms as well.Earlier, wood was the chief material for most of the art forms, but it was changed to stone during the Maurya Empire. Even the present day National Emblem of India, the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath belongs to the Maurya Empire. in the form of stupas,pillars,caves,etc. |
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