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Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:
- Koluha pillar
- Lauriya Nandangarh pillar
- Sanchi pillar
- Sarnatha pillar
Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. The pillars, listed with crowning animal sculptures and the edicts inscribed, are as follows:
Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, four lions, Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict
Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, four lions, Schism Edict
KolhuaVaishali, Bihar, single lion, with no inscription
Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI
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Answer: (d)
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. The pillars, listed with crowning animal sculptures and the edicts inscribed, are as follows:
Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, four lions, Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict
Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, four lions, Schism Edict
KolhuaVaishali, Bihar, single lion, with no inscription
Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI
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