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Analyze the significance of external influences and indigenous development on post-Mauryan art.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Post-Mauryan Period

Post-Mauryan art (c. 200 BCE–300 CE) unfolded at a crossroads where Central Asian conquest, Mediterranean trade, and an already mature indigenous sculptural tradition converged. The real analytical question is not whether "foreign" and "native" elements coexisted — they visibly did — but how much explanatory weight the language of "influence" should carry against the deeper,…

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  • External Influences: The Channels of Contact
  • Indigenous Development: The Native Idiom
  • Synthesis, Not Imitation: Reassessing the Language of "Influence"
  • Conclusion

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