[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Maurya and Shunga Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945) › c10.7 # Maurya and Shunga Art c10.7 Maurya and Śuṅga Art c10.7 - **Language:** English ### [c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c10.7) It is true, early Indian art knows of certain motifs, patterns and designs made current and popular by Maurya court art—this without any reference to the question of art-style—and that quite a large portion of this repertory of motifs and designs belongs to the art of Asiatic West which was for a time dominated by Achaemenian and later by colonial Greek imperialism; but it would be an error to imagine that "the whole group of motifs of western Asiatic aspect was introduced by Aśoka's Persian craftsmen en-bloc". There can hardly be any doubt that quite a few of such motifs were made current even before the Mauryas, while those that are definitely Hellenistic during and after the Maurya period. - [Previous: c10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c10.6) - [Next: c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c10.8) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c10.7) · Pramāṇa