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Which dynasty had developed the Gandhara School of Art in ancient India?

Which dynasty had developed the Gandhara School of Art in ancient India? Correct Answer Kushana dynasty

The Gandhara School of art was developed in first century AD along with Mathura School during the reign of Kushana emperor Kanishka.

Factor

Mathura art

Gandhara Art

Origin
  • Its development took place indigenously and not influenced by external culture.
  • Strong Greek influence or Hellenistic sculpture, so it is also known as Indo-Greeko art.

 

Material Used

  • Spotted Red Sandstone     
  • Blue-grey Mica schist / Grey Sandstone

Image Features
  • Early period: Light volume having fleshy body.
  • Later Period: Flashiness reduced.
  • Not much attention to detailed sculpting.
  • Finer details and realistic images.
  • Buddha carved out in various Mudras.
  • Curley hair, anatomical accuracy, spatial depth, and foreshortening
  • Buddha is sometimes thin

Patronage
  • BY Kushana rulers
  • By Kushana rulers

Area of Deveolpment
  • Around Mathura
  • Northwest frontier

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