[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c7.288 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.288 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.288 - **Language:** English ### [c7.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.288) This refers to a period of which no known artistic traces exist. There are other references to picture-halls and sculptured images in the Mahâbhârata, the Râmâyana, and in the early Buddhist records, but Indian architecture at that time was almost entirely wooden ; the pictures, which were fresco-paintings on a foundation probably of wood or of unbaked clay, have entirely disappeared, together with the buildings. Târanâth only briefly refers to the important monuments of the great Buddhist Emperor Asoka, about 250 b.c., some of which, such as those at Bharhut and Sanchi, still exist. - [Previous: c7.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.287) - [Next: c7.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.289) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) ## Cites (4) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Sāñcī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sanchi) - [Bharhut](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bharhut) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.288) · Pramāṇa