Early Buddhist Art
Artist: unknown
Title: Mauryan pillar at the Great Stupa at Sanchi (Stupa I)
Material: Chunar sandstone
Site: Sanchi, India
Current Location: Sanchi, India
Period/Date: Mauryan (ca. 323-185 B.C.E.)
Iconography/Iconology: Originally identical to the Sarnath pillar, the
pillar probably marked a site as one of Mauryan imperial patronage, as well
as a Buddhist location.
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