Mauryan court art and the first monuments
- Court art (palace at Kumrahar, pillars, stupas) versus popular art (yakshas, terracottas)
- Ashokan pillars capitals
- Barabar and Nagarjuni caves near Gaya cut under Ashoka and Dasharatha for the Ajivikas (Lomas Rishi, Sudama)
- Rock-cut elephant at Dhauli (third century BCE) as the earliest of the exam's comparison set