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The capitals of Asoka's columns, some of which were perhaps made before his reign, are the earliest important sculptures after those of the Indus cities.

— Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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The age in which true history appeared in India was one of great intellectual and spiritual ferment.

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Direct testimony to the assumed fact is lacking, and no tradition of an early home beyond the frontier survives in India.

Though its fame is much restricted by its specialized nature, there is no doubt that Panini's grammar is one of the greatest intellectual achievements of any ancient civilization, and the most detailed and scientific grammar composed before the 19th century in any part of the world.

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