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“The development of art and architecture during the Sunga period belies the belief that they were anti-Buddhist.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Post-Mauryan Period

The charge of Sunga anti-Buddhism rests almost entirely on a single literary tradition, while the archaeological record of the same century tells a very different story. Reconciling the two — a dynasty accused of persecution under whose rule Buddhist stupa art reached one of its greatest flowerings — is the real analytical task the question…

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  • The "Anti-Buddhist" Charge
  • The Art and Architectural Counter-Evidence
  • Reading the Contradiction

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