Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.s6.7

c11.s6.7

Mauryan monarchy, however, was by no means a mere copy of foreign institutions any more than Mauryan art was an unthinking imitation of foreign models; in either case specific features were borrowed but assimilated to the indigenous scheme so as to produce a harmonious whole; that these efforts left no permanent results in Indian tradition is another matter.