UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2014 · Q2(c) · 20 marks
Review critically the evolution of different schools of art in the Indian subcontinent between the second century BCE and the third century CE, and evaluate the socio-religious factors responsible for it.
- Chapter
- Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas)
- Topic
- Art: Gandhara, Mathura and the Stupas
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