INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
A
Mauryan
B
Sunga
C
Kushana
D
Gupta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -So basically after the fourth council, Buddha was being worshipped in form of images. During Kanishka’s reign, a lot of images of Buddha’s were constructed.

Detailed explanation-2: -The picture of the Buddha arose during the initial not many hundreds of years C.E. in two significant focuses of Indian workmanship during the Kushana period.

Detailed explanation-3: -The greatest king of the Kushana dynasty was ‘Kanishka’. During his rule, Mahayana Buddhism “the Greater vehicle “emerged as a new form.

Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest works of Buddhist art in India date back to the 1st century BCE. The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya became a model for similar structures in Burma and Indonesia. The frescoes at Sigiriya are said to be even older than the Ajanta Caves paintings.

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