Question : Furnish a critical and comparative account of various schools of art in the Post-Mauryan period (C. 200 B.C. - C. 300 A.D).
(1998)
Answer : The Post-Mauryan period saw the development of local or regional styles of sculptural art-Gandhara and Mathura in the north and Amarvati in the lower Krishna-Godavari valley.
Gandhara School : A great deal of Gandhara sculpture has survived dating from the 1st to probably as late as the 6th on 7th Century, but in a remarkably homogenous style, almost always in a blue-grey mica schist, though sometimes in a green phyllite on in stucco or very ....
Question : The architectural and artistic features of the great Stupa at Sanchi
(1997)
Answer : Sanchi is the only place where all the examples of Buddhist architecture are available. There are three stupas which are to much artistic. The main Stupa is 16.4 metre in height with a circumference of 36.5 metre at the ground level. There is a hornika at the top with the sign of Ashoka’s Dhamma under a Chhatradanda. The stupa is made of red-stone surrounded by a egg-shaped way known as the Pradakshinapath. There are two ....
Question : “The centuries between C. 200 B.C. and C. A.D. 300 constitute a landmark in the socio-religious history of India”. Analyze the proposition.
(1995)
Answer : A political events in India after the close of the Mauryan period became diffuse, involving a variety of kings, eras, and people. Whereas the people of the peninsula and South India were seeking to define their personality, northern India found itself caught up in the turmoil of happenings in central Asia. Yet beneath this apparent confusion there was one factor which gave continuity and consistency to this period-and that was trade. Through all the political ....
