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Railways PYQCBT 2 2017

RRB NTPC · Question 40

The Gandhara art – a style of Buddhist visual art that developed between 1^st century BCE and the 7^th century CE, flourished largely during the ________ dynasty.

  1. Kushan

  2. Gupta

  3. Pallava

  4. Maurya

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Answer: (A) Kushan

Explanation

Gandhara art, a blend of Greco-Roman and Indian styles that produced the first human images of the Buddha, flourished under the Kushan rulers, especially Kanishka.