Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Column of Asoka
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Accession Number:
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7479
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Call Number:
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sSeID A000b L56a03
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Order Title:
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Sculpture of the Maurya time, 260-200BC
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Type of View:
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all
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Image description:
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from a column erected by King A'soka
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Image Rights:
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copyright protected
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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Indian
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Work Types:
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Furnishings & Equipment; crosses (visual works)
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); constructions (sculpture)
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); floor pieces
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); mobiles
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); reliquary figures
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); soft sculpture
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); statues
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); totem poles
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Work Types:
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Built Environment; funerary structures; stelae
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Work Types:
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Built Environment; funerary structures; tombstones (sepulchral monuments)
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Work Types:
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Furnishings & Equipment; containers; ceremonial containers; reliquaries
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Work Types:
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Furnishings & Equipment; containers; ceremonial containers; tabernacles (liturgical containers)
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Work Types:
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Furnishings & Equipment; containers; funerary containers; coffins
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Work Types:
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Furnishings & Equipment; containers; vessels (containers); ceremonial vessels
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works); altarpieces
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Preferred Title:
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Column of Asoka
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (Indian)
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Date:
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ca. 242-232 BCE (creation)
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Materials:
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polished chunar sandstone
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Measurement:
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h: 7' ()
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Locations:
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S¿rn¿th, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Locations:
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Archaeological Museum Sarnath, S¿rn¿th, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Location Type:
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(repository)
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Style/Period:
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Asian
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Style/Period:
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Indian (South Asian)
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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