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Pillars During Mauryan Period
Pillars – important component of Mauryan
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Q. What was the significance of the pillars during Mauryan period and how Mauryan
pillars are different from other part of the world such as Achaemenian pillars?
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Significance of Mauryan Pillars
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Difference between Mauryan pillars and other
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INTRODUCTION
Mauryan art and architecture has a great significance for India (National Emblem from Lion capitol).Pillars were one of the salient features of the Mauryan Architecture.
GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PILLARS
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Various pillars (mostly erected by Samrat Ashoka) served various objectives – from marking an importantsite associated with life of Buddha to commemorating a great event. The significance of these pillars can beexplained as follows.
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Q. What was the significance of the pillars during Mauryan period and how Mauryan
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Many of the pillars inscribed the edicts of Ashoka that aimed at propagating the philosophy behind Dhamma andalso the imperial sermons of the king to his people.
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PROPAGATING DHAMMA & IMPERIAL SERMONS
Q. What was the significance of the pillars during Mauryan period and how Mauryan
pillars are different from other part of the world such as Achaemenian pillars?
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The erection of such monumental pillars was not only a remarkable aesthetic achievement but a demonstration ofgreat technological and engineering skill, involving the transportation and installation of heavy materials at remotesites.
ARCHITECTURAL WONDER
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Apart from the rocks as well as the cave walls the Mauryan edicts were carved into the face of pillars as well thatalso served to mark the territory of the great Mauryan empire.
It stretched across northern India and south to below the central Deccan plateau and in areas now known as Nepal,Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
TERRITORIAL BOUNDARY
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Some pillars were also inscribed with dedicatory inscriptions (Prayag Prashasti), which firmly date them andname Ashoka as the patron. The script was Brahmi, the language from which all Indic language developed.
Various facts about the society during the Mauryan Period can be deduced from these pillars and hence they area repository if Historical account (ex mention of Kalinga War etc).
REPOSITORY OF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
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Use of pillars was not exclusive to Mauryan kingdom and was popular in other parts of the world as well such asAchaemenian Pillars. However, there are certain exclusive features of the Mauryan pillars that make them standapart.
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The Mauryan pillars are rock-cut monolith pillars thus displaying the carver’s skills, whereas the Achaemenidpillars are constructed in pieces by a mason.
In addition to this Achaemenian pillars were generally part of some larger architectural scheme, while theAshokan columns were freestanding monoliths. The pillars and polish were supposedly derived from Persian(Achaemenid) imperial influence.
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PARTS
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CONCLUSION
Mauryan pillars thus attested to India’s power, while at the same time spreading the royal message of nonviolenceand good conduct. They were significant in the past and are significant even today which is evident from the factthat the National Emblem of India has been derived from the Lion Capital of Mauryas (Ashoka) in Sarnath.
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