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=Art= In the Maurya and Gupta civilization arts a played a big part in there culture. In Candra Gupta II had poets, artists, musicians, and scientists as a main part of is court. Poetry compettions were very popular in Gupta court. Two epic poems that were resited in court is //Ramayana// and //Mahabharata//. They were poems about Hindu beliefs and values. Kalidasa was a famous poet and play writer from this civilization. Many things that were built in the civilization were influenced by Persian art. Early buildings were built out of wood. Buildings such as battlements, fortresses and royal palaces were made out of bricks. Throughout the civilization they built big stone and brick pillars that had Asokas beliefs in Dharma and historical events. They built 4 lions on top of there first school in Sarnath.