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SSC MTS 2019 PYQ — Question 35

SSC MTS Previous Year - 07 August 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q35

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Which dynasty had developed the Gandhara School of Art in ancient India?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct Answer is option 1 i.e. Kushan dynasty

Gandhara School of Art:
  • Gandhara art, style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century BCE and the 7th century CE.
  • The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the Kushan dynasty
  • It was contemporaneous with an important but dissimilar school of Kushan art at Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India).