Buddhist Sculptures
A glimpse of early Indian sculptures
India has a rich and glorious heritage of sculptures that have an important place in world. These early sculptures depict the variety of Indian art as long as 4000 years ago. A strong sense of imagination and design is clearly visible in these sculptures and admired by the people all over the world. They depict the social life prevalent at that time at the best and religion and worship was the main theme in the subsequent eras.
Hindu, Buddhist and Jain religions expressed their thoughts and expressions in a very extraordinary way through the medium of sculptures. A wide variety of Jain sculptures is visible in Mt. Abu, Girnar and Palitana. At Shravanabelagola, Karnataka the 60 feet high statue of Bahubali is a fine example of the level of Jain sculptures.
The Mauryan Empire contributed a lot in the spread of Buddhist religion throughout the country through the medium of sculptures. Ashoka, the great Mauryan Empire is said to establish a large number of Stupas to spread the Buddhist teachings inscribed in them. There are two great examples of the sculptures in the times of Ashoka. The first one is The Great Sanchi Stupa that shows Buddhist legends and the other one is Ashokan Pillar at Sarnath.
In the later centuries of Indian history, the main focus of Indian sculptures was god and goddesses. Paintings of Lord Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva, and Goddess Durga dominated the other craft work because Hinduism is emerging at that time in India. There are some examples like huge sculpture of Lord Shiva in The Udaigiri caves, Meditative state of Lord Shiva in Elephanta caves.
In the centuries after 10 AD, the main theme of Indian sculpture is God, Goddesses and animals. The main thing visible in these architectures is that they are made form sandstone and shows the relationships between male and female. Erotic nature and aestheticism of these sculptures became the subject of controversies in later centuries.
Sun temple of Konark, Meenakshi temple of Madurai, Temples of Kanchipuram and Amravati are some of the other fin examples of Indian art and architecture. Ajanta and Ellora caves also depict animals, Gods and fables related with Buddhists. In all, it can be said that Indian art is a huge sea from which you can churn out as many things as possible. Its vast range of imagination and design makes the people spell bounding for ages.
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