Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.13
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.13
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(3) It is a feature exemplified in the Mauryan art since the pillars only rest on the floor and not inserted in the ground. Even it is said that the general impression created by the stracture was that of an ever suspended canopy not resting on pillars (*Stambhair na cha dhṛitā śāśvatī......nāka prishṭhasthā*, ibid. 11.11-12).