Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c14.6
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c14.6
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c14.6
In the viccinity of Taxila are the monuments at Mohrā Morādu, Pippala and Jaulian the best preserved and the most striking in the North West. At Mohra Moradu is a monastery with several Stūpas ornamented with reliefs in stucco. Numerous coins of Huvishka and Vāsudeva were discovered in the foundation of the monastery. Another monastery with Stūpas exactly semilar to those of Mohrā Morādu was found at Jauliān belonging to the Kushāṇa period. The Stūpas at Jauliān are richly ornamented with stucco figures of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas with worshippers, grotesque Yakshas serving as atlantes in friezes, female figure with children and attendants.