Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s17.6

c12.s17.6

Compared to the Basarh-Bakhira lion, the Lauriya-Nandan-garh example is more tense and tight without doubt; the surface treatment is also more clear and precise. On the whole the stylisation of the treatment of veins, muscles and flesh is on the increase, the form and treatment tends to be more conventional. In visualisation and realistic presentation of volume there is however hardly any advance, nor is there any attempt to harmonise the animal form with the component parts of the columns below.