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Questions : Which of the following are the salient features of Gandhara art?
  1. Moulding the human body in a realistic manner with minute attention to physical features like muscles, moustache and curly hair.
  2. Thick drapery with large and bold fold lines.
  3. Rich carving, elaborate ornamentation and symbolic expressions.
  4. The main theme was the new form of Buddhism - Mahayanism - and the evolution of an image of Buddha.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

(a) 1, 3, and 4

(b) 2, 3, and 4

(c) 1, 2, and 3

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The home of the Gandhara school of art is the territory in and around Peshawar in northwestern India. The best of the Gandhara sculpture was produced during the first and second centuries A.D.

It originated during the reign of Indo-Greek rulers but the real patrons of this school of art were the Sakas and the Kushanas, particularly Kanishka. Gandhara art was a blend of Indian and Graeco-Roman elements. Specimens of Gandhara sculpture have been found in Taxila, Peshawar and in several places of northwest India.

The Gandhara School made sculptures of the Buddha in various sizes, shapes and postures. The reliefs depict Buddha’s birth, his renunciation and his preaching.

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Question : 1

In which of the following edicts/inscriptions does Ashoka express his faith in the Buddhist creed?

a) Rummindei Inscription

b) Schism Edict

c) Kandahar Inscription

d) Bhabru Edict

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

In Maurya empire, province was known as

a) Ahar

b) Chakra

c) Mandal

d) Vishaya

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Which was the capital of Kanishka?

a) Purushapura

b) Mathura

c) Pataliputra

d) Gandhar

Answer: (a)

Kanishka was the king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and possibly regions north of Kashmir in Central Asia. His territory was administered from two capitals Purushapura (now Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan) and Mathura, in northern India.

Question : 4

Which edict of Ashoka contains the famous pronouncement: “at all times, whether I am eating, or I am in the women’s apartments, or in my inner apartments, or at the cattleshed, or in my carriage, or in my gardens —wherever I may be—my mahamatta should keep me in touch with public business”?

a) Rock Edict VIII

b) Rock Edict II

c) Rock Edict VI

d) Rock Edict IV

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

In which of the following Major Rock Edicts does Ashoka introduce the institution of dhamma-mahamatta for the first time?

a) Rock Edict V

b) Rock Edict II

c) Rock Edict IV

d) Rock Edict III

Answer: (a)

Question : 6

Who of the following historical personalities of India is also known as Vishnugupta?

a) Chanakya

b) Bindusara

c) Kunala

d) Shreegupta

Answer: (a)

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