Question

Write short note on characteristics of Indian sculpture.

Answer 1

The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300–1700 BC). ... Large amounts of figurative sculpture, mostly in relief, survive from Early Buddhist pilgrimage stupas, above all Sanchi; these probably developed out of a tradition using wood that also embraced Hinduism.

Answer 2

The sculpture was utilized mostly as a type of strict arts to represent the standards of Hinduism, Buddhism, or Jainism and many other religions. The female naked correctly was used to portray the various characteristics of the divine beings, for which it was regularly blessed with product heads and arms.

There was no convention of uniqueness in the Indian model: instead, figures were considered as images of eternal qualities.