Rampurva capitals
Location | West Champaran district, Bihar, India. |
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Coordinates | 27°16′11.75″N 84°29′58.08″E / 27.2699306°N 84.4994667°E |
Type | Settlement |
The Rampurva capitals are the capitals of a pair of Ashoka Pillars discovered in c. 1876 by A. C. L. Carlleyle.[1][2] The archaeological site is called Rampurva, and is located in the West Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar, situated very close to the border with Nepal.[3] The lion capital is now in the Indian Museum in Kolkata, while the bull capital is located at the center of the porch of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Indian Presidential Palace.
Buddhist significance
Rampurava lion capital
The lion pillar is inscribed with the Major Pillar Edicts of the Edicts of Ashoka, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI.[8]
Rampurva bull capital
The Rampurva bull capital is noted as one of the seven remaining animal capitals from the Pillars of Ashoka. It is composed of a lotiform base, with an abacus decorated with floral designs, and the realistic depiction of a zebu bull.
The abacus in particular displays a strong influence of
The bull is without inscriptions, presumably because its twin pillar, the Rampurava lion pillar already had them and therefore there was no need to repeat.
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Rampurva pillar excavation 1877.
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Remains of the pillars today.
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Original Rampurva bull up the stairs of Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
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Lion capital |
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Bull capital |
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See also
References
- ^ "Rampurva". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ISBN 978-0143415749.
- ^ "Rampurva". Bihar Tourism. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1896, p. 279.
- ISBN 978-92-1-120386-8.
- ISBN 978-0-19-517398-7.
- ISBN 978-0-495-57367-8.
- ^ a b c Buddhist architecture, Huu Phuoc Le, Grafikol, 2010 p.36-40
- ^ "Buddhist Architecture" by Huu Phuoc Le, Grafikol, 2010, p.40
- ^ "Buddhist Architecture" by Huu Phuoc Le, Grafikol, 2010, p.44 [1]