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E. Answer these questions.
1. Why has some of our very early material heritage not survived?
2. What materials was the surviving heritage made of?
3. What are the categories of material heritage? Give one example of each category.
4. What feature is found on all these: Sanchi stupa toranas, Konark Sun Temple and
Meenakshi Temple gopurams?
5. What script is found on Ashokan pillars?
6. Write about the Ajanta paintings. Mention how painters got light to work inside the
caves, their themes and the present state of the paintings.

Answers

Answered by PrachiDahiya
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Answer:

1] lack of planning, lack of military awareness, accidental damage, deliberate targeting, deliberate reuse of sites, enforced neglect and development

2] The vast corpus of the written word that emerged found expression in various languages and scripts and was inscribed on different kinds of material like birch, bark, palm leaf, cloth, wood, stone and paper.

3]  1.The Cultural

2. The Natural

3. The Mixed

4] Sanchi Stupa: Its 4 lions standing back to back( national emblem)

Konark Sun Temple: Appearence of a 100-foot high chariot with immerse wheels and horses, all carved from stone

Meenakshi Temple: 14 gopurams or gateway towers and 33,000 sculptures including 2 golden sculptured vimanas, southern gopuram is tallest among all with the height of 170 feet.

5] Brahmi Script

6] the paintings in the ajanta caves predominantly narrate the jataka tales.

These are buddhists legends describing the previous birth of buddha. they fall into two stylistic groups, with the most famous in caves 16 and 17, and apperantly later paintings in caves 1and 2.

Answered by mbhumiawasthi
1

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