Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Assertion: From the first century CE, Mathura and Gandhara gave human form to the Buddha through different sculptural vocabularies. Which of the following observations support the Assertion?

  1. The Mathura Buddha was modelled on earlier Yaksha images.
  2. Gandhara combined local traditions with Bactrian, Parthian and Hellenistic features.
  3. Earlier Buddhist art frequently represented the Buddha symbolically.
  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 3 only
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