The Maurya Period
(330-185 BCE)
- Words and Dates
- Aryans, Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata
Caste System: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras
5th Century BCE - the life of the Buddha
Maurya capital at Pataliputra (present-day Patna)
Yakshi - female nature divinity; Yaksha - male nature divinity
- Map of India
- Sites of Maurya Patronage
- Ashokan Pillars
- 262-239 BCE - reign of Maurya ruler Ashoka
Lauriya-Nandangarh Pillar
Sarnath Pillar Capital
Sanchi Pillar Capital
Rampurva Lion and Bull Capitals
Vaishali Pillar
- Sculpture
- Dhauli Elephant
Didarganj “Yakshi”
Patna Yaksha (headless) and Patna Yaksha (w/head)
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