Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s1.6
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s1.6
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In Vedic symbology the Stūpa of Agni as the type of the cosmic Fire or the universal principle of creativity, becomes individuated at one centre in the Yajña as Yūpa, the Tiller. This association is evident in the funeral mounds of Lauriā Nandangarh where the Stūpa and the Yūpa were found together, and also best illustrated in the great Stūpa of Sanchi where Aśoka erected his pillar in front of the original Stūpa.