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ART:
From the literary sources we know that the palace was built at the centre of the capital, and that it was surrounded by a rampart (a special feature). The palace was divided usually into three courts and had two distinct parts-the ground floor and the upper floor. The pillars and walls of the palace were overlaid with many beautiful motifs. The common dwellings were made of stone, brick, wood. Provisions were made for windows, elaborate doors, verandahs, dwelling rooms etc. Hygienic arrangements were kept in view while constructing royal and common buildings. Some literary sources refer to Devaklikas or Chaityas. The evidence of early structures of Stupas is available in the archaeological remains discovered at some places. From the Jaina Sarva Tirtha Samgraha, we know that Pradyota installed Jivant Svami (life-time) images of Mahavira at Ujjain, Dasapura, and Vidiśa. There are references to the statues of Indra in the Jataka literature. About the terra-cotta figurines as well as the ceramics in the time of Mahavira, we get some knowledge both from literary and archaeological sources. From the Jaina and Buddhist literature, it becomes clear that painting (both secular and religious) was considered to be an important form of artistic expression. Some pointings of this period seem to have been preserved in the rock shelters at Mahadeo hill (Panchmarhi), Bhim Baithaka (Bhopal), Mori (Mandsor), Singhanpura and Kabra Pahar, Likunia, Kohbar, Mehria, Bhaldaria and Bijagarh (Mirzapur), and Manikpur (Banda). Some metal, bone, and stone objects too have been unearthed from certain sites. Seals, and sealings, potters' dabbers, stamps, stone pestles, querns, dises, etc. of this period give a fair idea of art.
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what is PURUSHA
An individual who is awakened realises the truth and excells in Ahimsa and never wishes for pleasure or indulge in passions, but exerts for self realisation consider him a true PURUSHA (the manly man).
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