Unlike the Mauryan Empire's centralized bureaucracy ... the arts—poetry, dance, art, and temple building—flourished. But the Cholan artistic legacy is most evident in the bronze sculptures ...

The Mauryan Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE ... and significant contributions to art and culture. Ashoka’s reign, in particular, marked the spread of Buddhism and the adoption of welfare-oriented ...

In art, the Dashavatara Temple's relief sculptures ... dominated India for around a century and shaped history: The Mauryan Empire, known as one of the greatest empires in human history, ruled ...