{"id":2524,"date":"2025-05-03T03:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2025-05-03T03:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:20:44","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-art-and-archaeological-history-of-india-which-one-among-the-following-was-made-earliest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-art-and-archaeological-history-of-india-which-one-among-the-following-was-made-earliest","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the art and archaeological history of India, which one among the following was made earliest?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rock-cut Monuments at Mahabalipuram<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Varaha Image at Udayagiri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6815197aa0d48\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli was created during Ashoka\u2019s reign (272-231 BC).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar was created in 11th AD.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rock-cut Monuments at Mahabalipuram are 7th century AD creations.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Varaha Image at Udayagiri was created in the 5th century AD.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rock-cut Elephant&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The rock-cut elephant above the\u00a0<strong>Edicts is the earliest Buddhist sculpture of Odisha.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The stone elephant shows the\u00a0<strong>animal\u2019s foreparts only<\/strong>, though it has a fine sense of form and movement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is considered as\u00a0<strong>one of the few remains of Mauryan art.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rock-cut-Elephant-at-Dhauli-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli\" class=\"wp-image-51708\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Ancient History &amp; Art and Culture 2015 4\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lingaraja Temple<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lingaraj Temple,\u00a0<strong>built in the 11th century AD<\/strong>, is\u00a0<strong>dedicated to Lord Shiva<\/strong>\u00a0and is considered as the largest temple of the\u00a0<strong>city Bhubaneswar.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is believed to have been built by the\u00a0<strong>Somvanshi King Yayati I.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is\u00a0a classic example of\u00a0<strong>Kalinga style of architecture.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lingaraja-temple-Bhubaneshwar-Orissa-India-1024x694.webp\" alt=\"Lingaraja temple Bhubaneshwar Orissa India\" class=\"wp-image-33849\" style=\"width:594px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Ancient History &amp; Art and Culture 2015 5\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lingraj temple,<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rock-cut Monuments at Mahabalipuram<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rock-cut monuments at Mahabalipuram were\u00a0<strong>built by the Pallava king Narsimha in the 7th and 8th centuries.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The beauty of the rock-cut sculpture of the temple is reflective of the artistic tastes of the erstwhile Pallava rulers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The group of monuments there consists of\u00a0<strong>rock-cut cave temples, monolithic temples, bas-relief sculptures, and structural temples as well as the excavated remains<\/strong>\u00a0of temples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rock-cut-Monuments-at-Mahabalipuram.jpg\" alt=\"Rock cut Monuments at Mahabalipuram\" class=\"wp-image-51709\" style=\"width:638px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Ancient History &amp; Art and Culture 2015 6\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Varaha Image at Udayagiri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Udayagiri Caves, particularly Cave 5, feature a prominent relief sculpture depicting Vishnu in his Varaha (boar) avatar<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>rescuing the Earth Goddess (Bhudevi)<\/strong>\u00a0from the cosmic ocean.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The relief shows Varaha, a man-boar, lifting Bhudevi on his shoulder, with his foot subduing a naga (serpent) who is guarding the cosmic ocean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The relief is a prominent example of\u00a0<strong>Gupta-period art\u00a0<\/strong>and is considered one of the icons of Indian art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Varaha-rock-carving-Udayagiri-Madhya-Pradesh-caves-1024x684.webp\" alt=\"Varaha Image at Udayagiri\" class=\"wp-image-34296\" style=\"width:678px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Ancient History &amp; Art and Culture 2015 7\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(b) Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli Notes: Rock-cut Elephant&nbsp; Lingaraja Temple Rock-cut Monuments at Mahabalipuram Varaha Image at Udayagiri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[40,43],"years":[58],"class_list":["post-2524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-ancient-history","tag-art-and-culture","years-58"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":40,"label":"Ancient History"},{"value":43,"label":"Art and Culture"}],"years":[{"value":58,"label":"2015"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Ancient History","slug":"ancient-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":108,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":43,"name":"Art and Culture","slug":"art-and-culture","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":43,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":80,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}