Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.134
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.134
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That it was intended by the Mauryan artists to be a *Pūrṇaghaṭa* is made certain by the form of this motif as interpreted by their Śuṅga successors on the railing pillars found at Sarnath itself, e. g. pillars No. D (A1) and D (A7) illustrate two *Chakra-stambhas* in which the shafts are inserted inside a *Pūrṇaghaṭa* at the lower end and are topped by another *Pūrṇaghaṭa* with overflowing leaves.