GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -They mostly used the spotted red sandstone for making sculptures and statues.

Detailed explanation-2: -Colossal anthropomorphic statues (2nd century BCE) Some of the earliest works of art of the Mathura school are the Yakshas, monumental sculptures in the round of earth divinities that have been dated to the 2nd-1st century BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mathura art includes both standing and seated statues of the Buddha. They are represented with broad shoulders, large chest, legs apart, and feet firmly planted, conveying a sense of enormous energy. The Buddha’s right arm is raised in a gesture of reassurance called abhaya-mudra.