Mauryan art encompasses the arts produced during the period of the Mauryan Empire (4th to 2nd century BCE), which was the first empire to rule over most of the Indian subcontinent. It represented an important transition in Indian art from use of wood to stone. It is also notable for a refinement in pottery.
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“In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)