With reference to the Indian history of art and culture consider the following pairs Famous work of ...........

Culture of India Paintings and sculpture

With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs :

Famous work of sculpture : Site

1. A grand image of Buddha's Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below : Ajanta

2. A huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep andchaotic waters, sculpted on rock. : Mount Abu

3."Arjuna's Penance"/ "Descent of Ganga" sculpted on the surface of huge boulders : Mamallapuram

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

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Explanation:

Parinirvana of the Buddha in Cave 17 of Ajanta, with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below, is one of the grandest and yet most delicately expressive scenes ever made in ston.

The Udayagiri Caves are twenty rock-cut caves near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from the early years of the 5th century CE. They contain a huge image of Varaha Avatar.

Arjuna's Penance is one of the magnificent monuments of Mahabalipuram.