UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1998 · Q3 · 60 marks
Furnish a critical and comparative account of various schools of art in the Post-Mauryan period (c. 200 B.C. - c. 300 A.D.)
- Chapter
- Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas)
- Topic
- Art: Gandhara, Mathura and the Stupas
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