FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Seal Script, Maurya Empire, Sandstone
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The name of a big city they found-- harappa. The great bath at m d 3rd-2nd century. Q :what do the harappan beads tell us about the people of the ancient indus. Others said it"s a regular two horns bull. Stamp seal with a seated male figure 3000-1500 bce. Small steatite , a type of soft stone , can be harden thru fire. Eyes barely open, semi open eyes , like buddha. Vedic brahmanism is kind of majority religion both b and j came from. Only the priest cast can perform the ritual , lower can only pay a brahman to do it. Ashoka and his empire (the maurya dynasty, 3rd century bce ) He killed every competitors and feeling deep regret , and claimed that he is a. Column erected by ashoka , 246 bce . Lion capital from an ashoka column 250 bce .
