Between North India and the Far South, which had evolved two independent styles of architecture, lay the Deccan plateau where both the styles in pure or slightly modified form, known as Chal... Read more

North lndia Temples with curvilinear sikharas are found all over Northern India, and there are large groups of them at Bhuvanesvar in Orissa, and Khajuraho in the State of Chattarpur in Cent... Read more

The Gupta Period (AD 320-600) With the Gupta period we enter upon the classical phase of Indian sculpture. By the efforts of centuries techniques of art were perfected, definite types were e... Read more

The Gandhara School The Gandhara school of sculpture has attained a celebrity perhaps beyond its merits. There was a time when European scholars considered it as the only school in ancient I... Read more

First, it is not unlikely that the artistic traditions of the Indus valley continued down to the Maurya period. The absence of specimens has to be explained by the supposition that most of t... Read more

The Pre-historic Period IN a previous chapter, reference has been made to the artistic relics of the pre-historic period. They consist, first, of Neolithic implements, and secondly, of seals... Read more