Maurya and Shunga Art c7.13

c7.13

The Sanchi counterpart of Sarnath belongs to the same style and is equally conventional and stylised. The manes of the lions are rendered with increasing schematisation which is perhaps an indication of a date later than that of Sarnath. Architectonically it conforms to the solution already achieved at the latter place, but the Sanchi abacus which is decorated like the Rampurva lion capital with a row of pecking geese done in higher and bolder relief is narrower than the Sarnath one, and is aesthetically more in harmony with the capital below and the crowning lions above.