Question

What do you know about the Royal Art of Mauryan?

Answer 1

Royal Art consists of palaces and public buildings, Monolithic pillars, Rock-cut Architecture, and Stupas.

1. Stupas:

1. It is a semicircle dome constructed on brick or stone.
2. The Buddha’s relics were placed in the center.
3. We can see the stupa at Sanchi near Bhopal.

2. Monolithic Pillar:

1. The crowning element in this pillar is ‘Dharma Chakra’.
2. We can see the pillar at Sarnath.

3. Rock cut Architecture:

1. Rock cut caves are in Barabar hills and Nagarjuna hills
2. They are to the north of Bodh Gaya.
3. 3 caves in Barabar hills have Ashoka’s inscriptions.
4. 3 caves in Nagarjuna hills have Dasharatha Maurya’s inscriptions, (grandson of Ashoka).