HISTORY
BUDDHISM
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Question
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The early images of the Buddha were made almost simultaneously at
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Gandhara and Ajanta
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Ajanta & Amaravati
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Mathura & Gandhara
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Mathura and Amaravati
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Explanation:
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. The initial images of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva are happy and fleshy figures with little spirituality about them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest likeness of Buddha to appear in the world is believed to be an engraving on a golden relic called the Bimaran casket dated to 0-15 found in the 19th century in Afghanistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mathura and the Gandhara region (in present-day Pakistan) have yielded the earliest known anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha.
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