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    The Mauryan Empire was the first to rule over most of the Indian subcontinent between 322-185 BCE. Mauryan art and architecture can be divided into court art for rulers and popular art. Notable structures include the Ashoka stupas built to honor Buddha, the Great Stupa at Sanchi constructed of bricks, and pillars inscribed with Ashoka's edicts propagating Buddhist teachings. Cave temples such as Cave 19 at Ajanta also date to the Mauryan period, as does the standing sculpture of a female figure from Didarganj holding a fly whisk. Ring stones and pottery provide further artistic examples from the era.

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    The Mauryan Empire was the first to rule over most of the Indian subcontinent between 322-185 BCE. Mauryan art and architecture can be divided into court art for rulers and popular art. Notable structures include the Ashoka stupas built to honor Buddha, the Great Stupa at Sanchi constructed of bricks, and pillars inscribed with Ashoka's edicts propagating Buddhist teachings. Cave temples such as Cave 19 at Ajanta also date to the Mauryan period, as does the standing sculpture of a female figure from Didarganj holding a fly whisk. Ring stones and pottery provide further artistic examples from the era.

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    The Mauryan Empire was the first to rule over most of the Indian subcontinent between 322-185 BCE. Mauryan art and architecture can be divided into court art for rulers and popular art. Notable structures include the Ashoka stupas built to honor Buddha, the Great Stupa at Sanchi constructed of bricks, and pillars inscribed with Ashoka's edicts propagating Buddhist teachings. Cave temples such as Cave 19 at Ajanta also date to the Mauryan period, as does the standing sculpture of a female figure from Didarganj holding a fly whisk. Ring stones and pottery provide further artistic examples from the era.

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    Mauryan Empire

    Mauryan art is the art, mostly sculpture, produced during the period of the Mauryan Empire, which
    was the first empire to rule, at least in theory, over most of the Indian subcontinent, between 322 and
    185 BCE.

    Mauryan architecture can be divided into Court Art and Popular Art.

    The Ashoka stupas were constructed to celebrate the achievements of Gautama


    Buddha.
    The Great Stupa at Sanchi was built with bricks and several changes were done.
    The inner wall of the stupa was built either by terracotta bricks or by sun-burnt
    bricks.

    Pillar

    On many of these pillars are inscribed the famous edicts of Ashoka propagating the Dhamma ([Dharma
    or Laws of the Buddha)

    Caves
    Cave 19, Ajanta, north-west Deccan, India

    Sculpture

    The life-size standing image of a Yakshi holding a chauri (flywhisk) from Didarganj near Patna is another
    good example of the sculpture tradition of Mauryan period.

    Pottery
    Ring stones

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