Maurya and Shunga Art c16.6

c16.6

Fig. 5. Sanchi (Bhopal State, C. I.). Four semi-lions seated back to back, crowning the capital of an Aśoka column. Architecturally, the Sanchi quadripartite conforms to the solution already achieved at Sarnath. Sculpturally too it belongs to the same conventional and stylised treatment; but the manes are treated with increased schematisation which is perhaps an indication of a date later than that of Sarnath. C. 235 B. C. Sanchi Museum. Photo : A. S. I.