Studies in Indian Art c11.s1.3

c11.s1.3

The monuments served as the two valves of the pulsating heart of Madhyadeśa sending out cultural effusions in all directions on those routes. Today we find them as epic records of the culture, society, religion and art of the teeming millions settled in the centre and on the periphery of this vast area. Through the two sparkling eyes of these Mahāchetiyas, we find access to a rich documentary of early Indian cultural institutions similar in scale to as the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata.