AC1/P2: Stupa & Pillar- Mauryan Age; Sculpture-Gandhar, Mathura, Amarvati

Language: Hindi, Topics Covered:

• Court art of this period: state initiatives- stupa and pillars.
• Popular Art of this period: individual art, sculpture, pottery and caves.
• Mauryan pillar: design, feature, purpose; how are they different than achamanian pillars
• Sarnath Pillar, Bull capital of – Rampurva, Bihar and Rockcut elephant at Odisha
• Stupa – architecture, gateway
• Stupa at Ranchi and Amaravati
• Sunga influence on Mauryan Sculpture
• Post Maurya Period Cave- Karle.
• Sculpture schools: Gandhar, Mathura, Amarvati- features and comparison.
• GS1-Mains-2014 Question: Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the romans as to the greeks. Discuss
• Bamiyan in Afghanistan- Features and Fall of.

Faculty: Ms.Ishani Pandya (Rank 502/UPSC-CSE-2014, ICLS)
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