अमरावती स्तूप और उसकी उद्भृत मूर्तिकला (relief sculpture) के बारे में निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा/कौन-से कथन सही है/हैं ?
- 1.यह निचली कृष्णा घाटी में स्थित था ।
- 2.भारत में, आकार की दृष्टि से, साँची स्तूप के बाद इसका ही स्थान था ।
- 3.अमरावती मूर्तिकला शैली का परवर्ती दक्षिण भारतीय मूर्तिकला पर गहरा प्रभाव पड़ा, और उसकी रचनाओं (products) को श्रीलंका और दक्षिण-पूर्व एशिया ले जाया गया था ।
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Which of the following statements on the Amaravati Stupa and its relief sculpture is/are correct?
1. It was located in the lower Krishna valley.
2. In India, it was next only to the Sanchi Stupa in size.
3. The Amaravati school of sculpture made a lasting impact on the later South Indian sculpture, and its products were carried to Sri Lanka and South-east Asia.
Select the answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only · (b) 1 and 3 only · (c) 2 and 3 only · (d) 1, 2 and 3
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) केवल 1 और 3
Amaravati, on the Krishna in coastal Andhra (the old Vengi region), had a great stupa (mahachaitya) whose lively relief slabs created a style that shaped later sculpture in the Deccan and the south and travelled overseas with Buddhism. It was not a smaller 'runner-up' to Sanchi, so statement 2 fails.
- ✓ 1. Amaravati lies on the Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, among the Vengi stupa sites such as Jaggayyapeta, Bhattiprolu and Nagarjunakonda; the Amaravati school of sculpture flourished in the lower valley of the Krishna and Godavari.
- ✗ 2. NCERT calls the Amaravati stupa one of the largest and most magnificent Buddhist stupas ever built (Britannica gives a diameter of about 50 m), so it was not a smaller 'runner-up' to Sanchi.
- ✓ 3. NCERT notes works that show the influence of the Amaravati style, and Britannica records that the style spread to Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura) and to much of South-east Asia.
Remember · Amaravati stupa: Krishna valley, Andhra (Satavahana–Ikshvaku era); dynamic relief narratives; style spread to the Deccan, Sri Lanka and South-east Asia.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I, Ch 4 (practise this chapter) · Class 11 Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Ch 4 (practise this chapter) · Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part I, Ch 4 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 11 · An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I, Chapter 4 “Vengi in Andhra Pradesh has many stupa sites like Jagayyapetta, Amaravati, Bhattiprolu, Nagarjunkonda, Goli, etc. Amaravati has a mahachaitya”
- NCERT Class 11 · Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Chapter 4 “They show the influence of the Amaravati style of sculptures of the third century C.E.”
- NCERT Class 12 · Themes in Indian History, Part I, Chapter 4 “the structure at Amaravati was one of the largest and most magnificent Buddhist stupas ever built.”
- Art of the Satavahanas, e-PG Pathshala module script (CEC, UGC, nic.in), Fine Arts ↗ “Amaravati School of art, a thoroughly native school of sculpture, flourished in the lower valley of Krishna and Godavari”
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Amaravati sculpture ↗ · reference work “The style also spread to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), as seen at Anurādhapura, and to much of Southeast Asia .”
Question and answer: UPSC's provisional GS Paper I (2026, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·