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1 A I Barabar Hills 9101 General View A I Barabar Hills 9102 Roof With Tie Rods A I Barabar Hills 9103 Elephants Over Doorway A I Barabar Hills 9104 Interior "Hut". A 1 Barabar Hills 9105 Doorway A : Barabar Hills 9106 interior "Hut" A I Barabar Hills 9107 Interior Niche At End Sc Ind Mauryan 9108 Bhojpur Budd. Reliquary Quartz V & A Museum Arc ind Bodhgaya 9109 Mahabodhi Temple Bodhi Tree From West Arc Ind Bodhgaya 9110 Mahabodi Temple Asokan Pillar: Shaft Arc Ind Bodhgaya 9111 Mauryan Vajrasana East Of Bodhi Tree ACSAA (c) JCH/AAAUM Arc Ind Bodhgaya 9112 Mauryan Vajrasana Pecking Geese Motif Sc Ind Maurya 9113 Bulandibagh Female Sc Ind Maurya 9114 Bulandibagh Female det Sc Ind Maurya 9115 Bulandibagh Female Arc Ind Chunar 9116 Old Sandstone Quarry Still Functioning Arc Ind Delhi 9117 Topra Pillar (Asokan) Later Reerected Arc Ind Delhi 9118 Topra Pillar (Asokan) With Asokan Edicts Sc Ind Mauryan 9119 Dhauli Elephant Rock With Edicts ACSAA(c)Chetwode/AAAUM Sc Ind Mauryan 9120 Front Sc Ind Mauryan 9121 Patna Mus. Upper part Sc Ind Mauryan 9122

2 head Sc Ind Mauryan 9123 Sc Ind Mauryan 9124 Back Sc Ind Mauryan 9125 Hips Sc Ind.Mauryan 9126 Girdle Sc Ind Mauryan 9127 Hand Arc Ind Girnar 9128 View From Edict Rock Toward Sudarsana Lake Arc Ind Hajipur 9129 Arc Ind Kumrahar 9230 Excavations View of Maurya site Arc Ind Kumrahar 9131 Excavations Pillar Base Maurya Arc Ind Kumrahar 9132 "Griffin" Bracket Arc Ind Kumrahar 9133 "Griffin" Bracket Arc Ind Lauriya-N 9134 Lauriya-Nandangarh Pillar Worshipped Sc Ind Maurya 9135 Lohanipur Male Torso Front Sc Ind Maurya 9136 Lohanipur Male Torso Sc Ind Maurya 9137 Lohanipur Male Torsc Rear Sc Ind Maurya 9138 Lohanipur Fead Fragment Arc Ind Lohanipur Arc Ind Lohanipur 9140 End View Arc Ind Lohanipur 9141 Sc Ind Maurya 9142 Northern Black Ware Nat. Museum Delhi Sc Ind Sunga 9143 Parkham "Yaksa"

3 Sc Ind Sunga 9144 Parkham "Yaksa" Sc Ind Maurya 9145 Sc Ind Maurya 9146 Sc Ind Maurya 9147 Sc Ind Maurya 9148 Sc Ind Maurya 9149 Ind Museum Cal. Waist Sc Ind Maurya 9150 Rajgir "Naga hood" Arc Ind Rampurva Arc Ind Rampurva 9152 Iron Bolt Arc Ind Rampurva 9153 Delhi Presid. Palace Arc Ind Rampurva 9154 Delhi Presid. Place Arc Ind Rampurva 9155 Bell Delhi Presid. Palace ACSAA (c)irwin/aaaum Arc Ind Sanchi 9156 ACSAA (c) JCII/AAAUM Arc Ind Sanchi 9157 Goose Arc Ind Sanchi 9158 Lions Arc Ind Sanchi 9159 's Shaft Remains at Sanchi Arc Ind Sanchi 9160 's Shaft Showing Fitting Detail Arc Ind Sanchi 9161 Lions Capital's Shaft Stump Near Stupa #1 Arc Ind Sanchi 9162 's Shaft Drawing Of Excavation ACSAA (c)hall/marshall Arc Ind Sanchi 9163 And Shaft Fallen Near Stupa #1 ACSAA (c) ASI/AAAAUM Arc Ind Sankisa 9164 Near Sacr. Tree+Shrine ACSAA (c) Irwin./AAAUM Arc Ind Sankisa /4 View

4 ACSAA (c) JCH/AAAUM Arc Ind Sankisa 9166 View Arc Ind Sankisa 9167 Ornament Detail Arc Ind Sarnath 9168 Arc Ind Sarnath 9169 Arc Ind Sarnath 9170 Det: Lion Arc Ind Sarnath 9171 Det: Lion Arc Ind Sarnath 9172 Drum:Bull Arc Ind Sarnath 9173 Lion Cap.Drum:Elephant Arc Ind Sarnath 9174 Drum:Lion Arc Ind Sarnath 9175 Lion Cap. Drum: Horse Arc Ind Sarnath 9176 Lion Cap. Drum: Wheel Arc Ind Sarnath 9177 Wood Chariot Wheel Asoka Palace Patna Mus Arc Ind Sarnath 9178 's Wheel Fragments Sarnath Mus Arc Ind Sarnath 9179 Lion Pillar Remains Protected At Site Arc Ind Sarnath 9180 Lion Pillar Stumo Excavation Drawing Arc Ind Sarnath 9181 Lion Pillar Stump Inscribed Shaft Sc Ind Mauryan 9182 Sc Ind Mauryan Sc Ind Mauryan 9184 Sc Ind Mauryan 9185 Sarnath Fr. Apsidal. T. Sc Ind Mauryan 9186 Antelope Head Nat. Mus Sc Ind Mauryan. 9187

5 Bovine Head Nat.Mus Sc Ind Mauryan 9188 Bird Head Nat.Mus Del Sc Ind Mauryan 9189 Bird Body Nat.Mus Del Sc Ind Maurya 9190 Shahabad Lion Head Arc Ind Vaisali 9198 Lion Pillar Under Exc. Drawn After 1B6?. Acct.. A I Maurya Sites 9199 Sanchi, Sankisa, Sarnath Vaisali Vs. Persepolis A I Maurya Sites Surviving Shafts of Topless Asokan Pillars Sc Ind Maurya 9191 Sonari Budd Reliquary V & A Museum London Sc Ind Maurya 9192 Taxilla Ringstone V & A Museum London Arc Ind Vaisali 9193 Possibly Pre-Asokan Arc Ind Vaisali 9194 Showing Excavations Arc Ind Vaisali 9195 Closer View Arc Ind Vaisali 9196 : Arc Ind Vaisali 9197 Lion Pillar At Size : 3/4 View

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