A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.38
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.38
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the most graceful of all the Asoka columns. The uninscribed pillar at Bakhirā in the Muzaffarpar District, in perfect preservation, and presumably of earlier date, is more massive, and consequently less elegant. The fabrication, conveyance, and erection of monoliths of such enormous size—the heaviest weighing about fifty tons—are proofs that the engineers and stone-cutters of Asoka's age were not inferior in skill and resource to those of any time or country. The sculpture on the Asoka pillars will be discussed in the next chapter.