Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.161
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.161
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(2) The Iranian pillars stand either on bell-shaped bases or on plain circular mouldings, whereas the independent Mauryan columns had no base at all. Secondly the bell-form used in the base of the Persian pillars is a part of the capital in the Mauryan columns and produces an altogether different aesthetic effect.