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The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1700 BCE). These include the famous small bronze Dancing Girl.However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals, often of animals or deities very finely depicted and crafted.
Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk.Geographically, it spans the entire Indian subcontinent, including what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and at times eastern Afghanistan.
The sculpture was originally dated to the Gupta period, Vincent Arthur Smith specifying around 400 in a book of 1911. [7] Then dates as late as 800 came to be preferred. The results of the radiocarbon dating suggest 600–650, [ 6 ] though the museum still prefers "500–700".
The rediscovery of ancient Indian paintings at Ajanta provided Indian artists with examples from ancient India to follow. Nandalal Bose experimented with techniques to follow the ancient style which allowed him to develop his unique style. [306] Abanindranath Tagore and Syed Thajudeen also used the Ajanta paintings for inspiration.
Mauryan art is art produced during the period of the Mauryan Empire, the first empire to rule over most of the Indian subcontinent, between 322 and 185 BCE. It represented an important transition in Indian art from the use of wood to stone. It was a royal art patronized by Mauryan kings, most notably Ashoka. Pillars, stupas and caves are its ...
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The sculpture is now in the Bihar Museum in Patna, Bihar, India, [5] close to where it was found in 1917. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Patna, as Pataliputra , was also the Mauryan capital. The statue is 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) tall on a pedestal of 1 foot 7.5 inches (49.5 cm) made of Chunar sandstone highly finished to a mirror-like polish. [ 8 ]
The north side has a standing Vishnu sculpture with two devotees, and the south side has a standing Harihara (half Vishnu, half Shiva). [89] The Vishnu sculpture shares the Gajalakshmi side, and Harihara shares the Durga side. The temple's main sanctum has a stucco bas-relief of Varaha which was once painted.