Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.153
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.153
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It is necessary also to consider the art of the Aśokan columns and capitals as regards the source of their form and idea. As shown above there are five component parts of the typical Mauryan column at Sarnath, viz. (1) Dharma-chakra on the pinnacle, (2) four addorsed lions, (3) round drum with four great animals and four chakras, (4) the full vase with lotus petals, and (5) the tall shaft. We shall see that each one of these is truly rooted in Indian soil and the entire indigenous tradition stands up as the source which produced the Aśokan columns.