Hindu deities

DMPQ-Highlight the salient features of Mathura school of art during 1st century A.D.

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Mathurā art, style of Buddhist visual art that flourished in the trading and pilgrimage centre of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, from the 2nd century BC to the 12th century AD; its most distinctive contributions were made during the Kushān and Gupta periods (1st–6th century AD). Images in the mottled red sandstone from the nearby Sīkri … Read more DMPQ-Highlight the salient features of Mathura school of art during 1st century A.D.

DMPQ-. “Sculpture and painting saw it’s peak during Gupta period.” Explain.

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. The period saw the emergence of iconic Hindu deities like Vishnu, Kartikeya, Shiva Surya and many other gods and goddesses, carved in stone in temples and in temple architecture. After the Huna invaders destroyed most of the artworks from the Gupta period, the surviving ones seen to this day are the Gupta architecture of … Read more DMPQ-. “Sculpture and painting saw it’s peak during Gupta period.” Explain.