Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.18

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The Mathura railing pillars present a rich canvas of these scenes which are made permanent in stone as reflecting the joyous feeling and buoyancy of life in that age. For example quite a number of pillars show the ancient silvan deities (vṛkṣhakas) standing under aśoka trees, and gathering flowers (puṣpochechaya). They represented in its complete form the śalabhañjikā and aśoka puṣpaprachayikā motif (e. g. J. 55,2355,199,483, B 80).