Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.43
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.43
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(i) Kapittha Pillar (same as Sāṅkāśya) of a "lustrous violet colour" and very hard, with a crouching lion (sic, elephant) on the top facing the stairs of the Stūpa, both built by Aśoka, the shaft of the pillar having quaintly carved figures on each side (Watters, i. 334).