Indian art and culture / Sculpture
Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools
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- 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
Where to study
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, pp. 1-34 (printed 27-60)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Mathura, Sarnath and Gandhara Schools (Gandhara: Bactria, Greek and Roman influence); Buddha Head, Taxila, pp. 4-5 (printed 30-31)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Buddha Head, Taxila, pp. 24-25 (printed 50-51)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Mathura, Sarnath and Gandhara Schools (Mathura); Seated Buddha, Katra Mound, Mathura, pp. 4-5 (printed 30-31)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Seated Buddha, Katra Mound, Mathura, pp. 22-23 (printed 48-49)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Buddhist Monuments of South India (Amaravati, Nagarjunkonda), pp. 5-7 (printed 31-33)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Mathura, Sarnath and Gandhara Schools (the first Buddha images under the Kushanas), pp. 4-5 (printed 30-31)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 3
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, pp. 95-109 (printed 91-105)
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, Art and Literature (Gandhara school), pp. 100-101 (printed 96-97)
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, Art and Literature (Mathura school), pp. 100-101 (printed 96-97)
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, Conclusion (Amaravati school), p. 104 (printed 100)
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, Art and Literature (Buddha images), pp. 100-101 (printed 96-97)