Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s3.26
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s3.26
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c12.s3.26
CROWNING UMBRELLA: In the centre of the harmikā stood a chhatra of which several pieces were found in the debris. They are relieved by most delicately defined ribs radiating on their undersides; the workmanship displaying all that exquisite precision which characterises every known specimen of the mason's craft in the Mauryan age, and which has probably never been surpassed in the stone carving of any country. (Marshall).