Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 35 - Mauryas of Uparamala and Medapata
This chapter describes Mauryas of Uparamala and Medapata located on page 271 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Temples in and around Madurantakam [by B. Mekala]
Political History (1): Mauryas. The political history of the district begun in the Third Century B. C. with the inclusion of Kancheepuram within the Mauryan Empire, built by Chandragupta Maurya which was in its hey-days during Ashoka the Great. , K. A. Nilakanda Sastri viewed that a part of the Tondaimandalam was included in the Mauryan Empire. The Velurpa!ayam Plates mentions one Asoka Varman among the earliest rulers of Kancheepuram. R....
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology [by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri]
It may be recalled that Dhanyakataka attracted the attention of the Mauryas, especially Ashoka. Thus, it can be postulated that the stylistic traits of the Mauryas exerted its influence on some artefacts of the early phase of Amaravati. The elephant under the palm tree is an unique example of this tendency. Several early iconoplastic antiquities bear features reminiscent of the Sunga sculptures....
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Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal [by Shubha Majumder]
According to the ancient literary sources, Candragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya dynasty, was a follower of Jainism and Jain monks were frequently seen and mentioned within the empire of Candragupta not only by Indians, but by Greek historians as well (Jain 2010: 422). Around 300 BCE, a great famine of twelve years took place in Bihar, during the time of Candragupta Maurya. As a result of this, the earliest groups of Jain migrants moved to south-east, south and west....
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