Art and Architecture Flashcards
Four lion capital stumba found at
Both Sarnath (Place of first sermon of Buddha)
And Sanchi
And karle grand chaitya
Lomas rishi cave details -person, year, place?
- Barabar hills, Bihar 1out of 4caves
Close to Nagarjuni hills - Ashoka Maurya, 250BCE for Ajivika or Buddhists
- Oldest cave architecture in india
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Imitation of wooden architecture in stone 🪨 .
The facade has elephants worshipping stupa
Sita marhi cave
- Maurya, (3rd BCE Or later)
- Nagarjuni hills , Bihar
- ⛺ Tent shaped structure carved in boulder
- No inscription
Both Ajantha and Ellora belong to ____ period
Mahayana period
Bhaja Buddhist caves - -person, year,place?
HINAYANA SECT
1. 22 caves here - chaithyas and viharas
2. Maharashtra
3. 2nd century BCE
Shows women playing TABLA and wooden imitation architecture
(They are 3km away from Karle)
4. Probably by Mauryas or satavahanas.
Karle is later, 2-5th AD
Karle cave architecture -person, year,place,
A Pillar with Four Lion probably with Chakra stands outside. Crude lions
- Group of 16 caves here - Buddhist chaithyas and viharas
Grandest chaithya = CAVE 8 - Lonavala ,Maharashtra
TRADE ROUTE - Traders grants, West satrap, sathavahan and Yavanas
3. 2nd century BCE- 5th CE
(They are 3km apart this and bhaja )
Which IVC SITE does not have a CITADEL ?
Chanhudaro
Does not have a Fortified Citadel, which is usually in the highest part of the city.
- it’s in Pakistan
- it’s famous for Carnelian Bead manufacturing .
Which IVC SITE has lower, MIDDLE and Upper town ?
DHOLAVIRA
- Situated in the island of Khasir, Gujarat.
- one of the 5 largest sites in IVC (LARGEST is Rakigarhi)
What are the smallest, oldest and largest IVC sites?
- Allahdino - small
- near Karachi, Pakistan.
- Has many wells - Bhirrana - Oldest
- in Haryana - Rakigarhi - Largest
- declared in 2014, dethroning Mohenjodaro.
