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| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Allahabad Museum,Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | NM-ALH-UP-250201 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Abacus of a Monumental Pillar |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Sculpture - प्रतिमा |
| Dynasty /वंश | Maurya - मौर्य |
| Period / तारीख/युग | |
| Style / शैली | |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Allahabad fort, Allahabad District |
| Material / सामग्री | Sandstone - बलुआ पत्थर |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Display |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | |
| Weight(gm) / भार | |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | (A) Dia-73 cm, H-25 cm, (B) H-92, Circum-277 cm. |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | The circular abacus is decorated with an astragalus molding at the base, also to be observed in the Sankisa capital (Ref. Nihar Ranjan Ray, Maurya and Suaga Art, Calcutta 1965, Figure 5). Above this base is the popular knop-and-flower, a motif consisting of the honeysuckle or palmate alternating with a stylized lotus bud. The honeysuckle has seven petals radiating from a calyx with two bracts, and a rosette issuing from the sides. The bud is made up of superimposed leaves enclosing the partly revealed petals of a flower. The carving possesses the depth and clarity characteristic of Maurya ornamentation. The shaft of the column, carrying the inscriptions of Asoka and the famous eulogy of Samudragupta (c. A.D. 380.400), still stand, in Allahabad Fort. When the pillar fell to the ground is not known, but in A.D. 1605 it was set up at its present location by Jahangir who adorned it with a globe and cone capital. In 1838 it was again restored by Captain Edward Smith who was responsible for the reworked flat bands of the necking as well as the loti form member below, which was carved in two sections. The iron rod projecting from the abacus must have secured the new lion capital, likened by General Cunningham to a “poodle.†|
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| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | |
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| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | |
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