INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 6th-century rock-cut Buddha sculpture in the Bamiyan valley of Afghanistan was considered the largest in the world known collectively as the Bamiyan Buddhas. These images were built in 507 CE and 554 CE under the rule of Vainyagupta and later Gupta rulers respectively. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-2: -The Buddhas, testimony to an ancient community of monks that lived in caves within the cliffs, symbolize the cultural richness of this national heritage. The Taliban’s destruction of these statues serves as only another testament to their disregard for the true Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Standing Buddha from the Gupta period and Seated Buddha with Two Attendants from the earlier Kushan period illustrate the development of the Buddha image in early history. Both images were produced in Mathura from the same stone and both represent a standard type of Buddha image from their respective eras.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art.

Detailed explanation-5: -Specimens of Gandhara sculpture have been found in Taxila, Peshawar and in several places of northwest India.