INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The stone used in the Mathura school of arts was red sandstone. The sculptures were less spiritual. They mostly used the spotted red sandstone for making sculptures and statues.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mathura School of Art An indigenous form of sculpture evolved in Mathura, which mostly used red sandstone.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Detailed Solution. The Gandhara School of art is a Greco-Roman style of art flourished during the Kushan dynasty. The grey stone and green phyllite were used in the Gandhara School of arts while in Mathura School of art red stone was used.