Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Answer: (b) The Kushans: Gandhara School of Art

The Gandhara School flourished under the Kushanas. Painted Grey Ware is Iron Age, not Harappan; Ajanta is Satavahana-Vakataka-Gupta era; Pahari painting belongs to the Himalayan hill states.

• ✓ (b) Gandhara art, with Greco-Roman features, belongs to the Kushana period.
• ✗ (a) Painted Grey Ware belongs to the later Vedic and Iron Age, long after Harappa.
• ✗ (c) Ajanta paintings are centuries older than the Mughals.
• ✗ (d) Pahari painting developed in the Himalayan hill kingdoms, not under the Marathas.

Remember · Kushanas: Gandhara (Greco-Buddhist) and Mathura schools.

📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I, Ch 4 (practise this chapter)

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