Mauryan art

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ancient Indian art artistic tradition historical art style

Mauryan art is the artistic tradition of the Maurya Empire in ancient India, noted for its highly polished stone sculptures, monumental pillars, and early Buddhist imagery.

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Label	Occurrences
Mauryan art canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Indian art ⓘ artistic tradition ⓘ historical art style ⓘ
associatedReligion	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism (early forms) ⓘ Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	one of the earliest large-scale stone art traditions in India ⓘ
country	Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedUnder	Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ Bindusara NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandragupta Maurya NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	imperial propaganda ⓘ marking sacred and political spaces ⓘ religious communication ⓘ
includes	Ashokan pillars NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddhist stupas ⓘ bull capital of Rampurva NERFINISHED ⓘ elephant capital of Dhauli NERFINISHED ⓘ lion capital of Sarnath NERFINISHED ⓘ pillar capitals ⓘ railings and gateways of early stupas ⓘ rock-cut caves at Barabar ⓘ rock-cut caves at Nagarjuni ⓘ yaksha and yakshi sculptures ⓘ
influenced	Shunga art NERFINISHED ⓘ early Buddhist art of Bharhut ⓘ early Buddhist art of Sanchi ⓘ
influencedBy	Achaemenid art ⓘ Hellenistic art NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous Indian folk traditions ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Prakrit ⓘ
mainLocation	Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Magadha region NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	Chunar sandstone ⓘ black basalt ⓘ stone ⓘ
notedFor	animal capitals ⓘ early Buddhist imagery ⓘ edicts inscribed on stone ⓘ highly polished stone sculptures ⓘ imperial court art ⓘ monumental pillars ⓘ rock-cut architecture ⓘ use of sandstone ⓘ
patron	Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauryan emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptOfInscriptions	Brahmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharosthi NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	formalized naturalism ⓘ geometric clarity ⓘ high polish (Mauryan polish) ⓘ imperial symbolism ⓘ monumentality ⓘ symmetry ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE to 2nd century BCE ⓘ

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Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath → style → Mauryan art ⓘ

Ashoka Pillar → hasStyle → Mauryan art ⓘ

subject surface form: Ashoka Pillar (Lumbini)