Pillars of Ashoka, India (3rd century BCE)“The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns
Pillars of Ashoka, India (3rd century BCE)“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. Originally, there must have been many pillars but only nineteen survive with inscriptions, and only six with animal capitals, which were a target for Muslim iconoclasm. Many are preserved in a fragmentary state.” (Source) -- source link
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