Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. South Asian
7. Indian (South Asian)
8. [Indian dynastic styles and periods]
9. Maurya

Anotations

Scope note:

Style and culture of architecture and art created during the forty-year reign of Ashoka, the third Maurya emperor (died 232 BCE) who ruled over all of India; noted as an enlightened ruler who advanced a new, sophisticated style, strongly influenced by Achaemenid sculpture.