1 History & Culture · 1.1.7 Post-Mauryan period

1.1.7.7 Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools of sculpture

In the first centuries CE three major schools of Buddhist sculpture grew up: the Greek-influenced Gandhara school in the north-west, the indigenous Mathura school, and the narrative Amaravati school of the Andhra region.

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  • Gandhara school
  • Mathura school
  • Amaravati school
  • Greco-Buddhist
  • spotted red sandstone
  • grey schist
  • Kushana
  • Buddha image
  • Bodhisattva
  • Dhanyakataka
  • Sarnath school

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