TY - CHAP
T1 - On Maurya Art
AU - Asher, Frederick
PY - 2012/7/26
Y1 - 2012/7/26
KW - Art, viewed as evolving from its maurya beginnings
KW - Ashoka's allahabad pillar, samudragupta's inscriptions placing him in focus
KW - Maurya art, the art of ashoka's time, and what stories relate
KW - Mauryan art, being replete with unanswered questions
KW - Mauryan dynasty as creator, post-enlightenment of individual artists
KW - Messages inscribed, exhibiting extent of ashoka's authority
KW - Pillar and inscriptions of ashoka in buff sandstone, lauriya-nandangarh, bihar
KW - Pillars, carrying edicts, representing the world axis (axis mundi)
KW - Present-day identification of sites, not exact locations of the historic
KW - The pillars, and placement as such, as monasteries for religious/and traveller's needs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885506389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84885506389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/9781444396355.ch17
DO - 10.1002/9781444396355.ch17
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84885506389
SN - 9781405185370
SP - 421
EP - 443
BT - A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
ER -