UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2019 · Q2(b) · 15 marks
The development of art and architecture during the Sunga period belies the belief that they were anti-Buddhist. Discuss.
- Chapter
- Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas)
- Topic
- Art: Gandhara, Mathura and the Stupas
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