UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Ancient and Medieval History, Art and Culture
← SculptureGandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools
- Gandhara: Greco-Roman influence, grey schist and stucco, wavy hair, drapery, Bamiyan; Kushana patronage
- Mathura: red spotted sandstone, indigenous yaksha model, Buddhist, Jain and Brahmanical images, headless Kanishka statue
- Amaravati: white limestone, dynamic narrative reliefs, lower Krishna valley, Satavahana and Ikshvaku patronage; export of style to Sri Lanka and South-east Asia
- The first anthropomorphic Buddha images in Gandhara and Mathura (first century CE) and the Kushana role
