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# Maurya and Shunga Art c16.3

Maurya and Śuṅga Art c16.3

- **Language:** English

### [c16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.ray-1945.c16.3)

Fig. 3. Dhauli (Bhuvanesvar, Orissa). Elephant. Front view. Cut out of live-rock that bears the well-known Kalinga Edict. Fully modelled in the round, the elephant exhibits a flowing plasticity and linear rhythm that are unknown in the Mauryan lion figures. About life-size.

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- [Dhauli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.dhauli)

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