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Revision note: Buddhist, Rock-Cut and Early Sculptural Traditions

  • Harappan: Dancing Girl (bronze, lost-wax), Priest-King (steatite), Pashupati seal
  • Mauryan: polished Chunar sandstone pillars; Sarnath Lion Capital = National Emblem; Didarganj Yakshi; Barabar caves for Ajivikas
  • Stupa parts: anda, harmika, chhatra, vedika, torana; Sanchi toranas by Satavahanas; Buddha as symbols
  • Caves: Karle (largest chaitya), Ajanta murals (Vakatakas), Ellora Kailasa (Rashtrakuta Krishna I), Elephanta Trimurti, Mahabalipuram rathas (Pallavas)
  • Gandhara (schist, Greco-Roman), Mathura (red sandstone, indigenous), Amaravati (white marble, Satavahanas)
  • Mudras: bhumisparsha, dharmachakra, abhaya, dhyana, varada
Revision card summarising Buddhist, Rock-Cut and Early Sculptural Traditions
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