All About the Comparison Between Different Schools Of Art

• Greco-Roman influence.

• Purely indigenous. Modelled on the lines of earlier Yaksha images found during the Mauryan period.

• Purely indigenous.

• Buddhism and Hellenistic realism.

• Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Images from Vaishnava and Shaiva faiths are also found.

• Religious and secular images, but the main theme includes the life stories of Buddha and the jatakas.

• Bluish-grey sandstone and Grey sandstone.

• Spotted red sandstone.

• White Marble

• Kushana

• Kushana

• Satavahanas

• North West frontier including locations like Taxila, Peshawar, Begram and Bamiyan.

• Flourished on the banks of river Yamuna.

• Developed in the Krishna- Godavari Valley. [UPSC 2021]
•  Notable sites: Amravati, Goli, Vengi, Nagarjunikonda, and Ghantasala.

• Spiritual Buddha
• Wavy hair
• Less ornamentation
• Long ears and long forehead
• Buddha in Yogi posture with eyes half closed.
• Protuberance on the head signifying the omniscience of Buddha.
• Halo around the head of Lord Buddha

• Delighted Buddha
• Face muscular and energetic.
• Buddha seated in Padmasana surrounded by two Bodhisattvas- Padmapani and Vajrapani.

• Protuberance similar to that of Gandhara image.
• Halo around the head of Buddha decorated with geometrical patterns.

• Less emphasis on individual features of Buddha.
• The sculptures generally depict the life stories of Buddha and the Jataka tales.
• Other sculptures: taming of Nalagiri (mad elephant) and the presentation of Prince Rahul to his father, the Buddha.

• Like the Sanchi Stupa, the Amaravati Stupa also has a Pradakshinapatha enclosed within a vedika.
• The domical stupa structure is covered with relief stupa sculptural slabs, which is a unique feature.
• Though in the Amaravati Stupa there is evidence of construction activity in the third century BC, it was best developed in the first and second centuries AD.

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