Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.166
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.166
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(7) Lastly, the Persian columns were introduced to form part of elaborate architectural construction. But the Aśokan pillars were intended to serve as independent monuments and designed to produce their effect as such. They are simpler, more harmonious and give a better feeling of stability, dignity and strength. The Mauryan column is not doubt an origional construction of indigenous art of that period.