[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) › c16.11 # Maurya and Shunga Art c16.11 Maurya and Śuṅga Art c16.11 - **Language:** English ### [c16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16.11) Fig. 10. Sarnath (Benares, U. P.). Striding bull carved in high relief on the abacus of the Sarnath column of Aśoka. A comparison with the Rampurva bull is at once suggested. This bull is rendered with all the tension and accentuation of muscles, of veins and bones ; the execution is also clear and precise ; but the entire treatment is conventional, modelling coagulated and tension in movement over-emphasised. It belongs to the same aesthetic vision and treatment as those of the Sarnath quadripartite, and has hardly anything to do with the Rampurva bull or the bulls of the pre-historic Indus Valley. Photo : A. S. I. - [Previous: c16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16.10) - [Next: c16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16.12) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16) ## Cites (1) - [Sārnāth](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sarnath) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16.11) · Pramāṇa