Consider the following features in context of Amravati School of Art which was prevalent in 150 B C ...........

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Consider the following features in context of Amravati School of Art which was prevalent in 150 B.C.-350 A.D.

1. Fine carvings and embellishments

2. White marble and softer hues of limestone

3. Slender silhouette of human frames

4. Similarity with Gandhara Art

Which of the above mentioned features can be associated with this school of art?

1, 2 and 3

2, 3 and 4

1, 3 and 4

2 and 4

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Explanation:

4th statement is incorrect i.e. Amravati School of Art is not similar with Gandhara Art.
The third type of sculpture art that Flourished during the Kushana time was at Amaravati and Nagarjunkonda in Andhra Pradesh.
The sculptures of Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda are fully inspired works and display a mastery in which detailed ornamentation and elegance of figure sculpture are joined in a rare harmony. They unfold the cultural story of a glorious people who had adopted Buddhism as their creed and “linked it with their dynamism both on land and sea as merchants and mariners.
Numerous scenes of dance and music adorn these reliefs, which are very tender in conception and bespeak an irrepressible joy of life.