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Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Assertion: Buddhist visual art developed from symbolic evocation of the Buddha toward the narration of his life and previous births. Which of the following observations support the Assertion?

  1. Early art represented the Buddha through footprints, stupas, a lotus throne and the chakra.
  2. Later railings and toranas depicted events from the Buddha’s life and Jataka stories.
  3. Sculptors employed synoptic, continuous and episodic modes of narration.
  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 3 only
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