[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965) › c11.167 # Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.167 Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.167 - **Language:** English ### [c11.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c11.167) The bright lustrous polish is a distinctive feature of Mauryan (Aśokan) art. We should, however, remember that specimens of pre-Mauryan art in stone have not survived and it is difficult to be positive on this point whether this polish was produced in India for the first time in the Mauryan period. We should draw attention to literary evidences which refer to such polish. - [Previous: c11.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c11.166) - [Next: c11.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c11.168) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c11.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c11.167) · Pramāṇa