|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASHOKAN PILLARS | ||||||||||
| Ashoka used large pillars as teaching tools because statue worship was not allowed in early Buddhism. Here are two photographs regarding the Ashokan pillar at Sarnath. According to our guide, they were polished with, at least, limestone and molasses. | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
| RETURN TO PHOTOS INDEX PAGE | ||||||||||