Maurya and Shunga Art c16.13

c16.13

Fig. 12. Barhut (Nagod State, Baghelkhand). Rail-medallion. Dream of Māyādevī. Mark the elephant whose size is conditioned by its importance in the story itself. Mark also the tilted bed. The artist places the understanding of the story above every thing else. Aesthetically this piece belongs to a class different from No. 11. Here the elements are isolated, they exist by themselves ; no linear rhythm binds them into an integrated whole. C, 150 B. C. Indian Museum. Photo : A. S. I.