Studies in Indian Art c12.s1.3

c12.s1.3

We may briefly summarise the achievements of the Kushāṇa artists as follows:—
1. Carving out for the first time the Buddha figure in stone;
2. Making images of the various Brāhmaṇical deities, as Sūrya, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Durgā, Sarasvatī and Seven Mothers, etc.;
3. Perfecting in an endless variety the ancient cult of the Kubera and Yakṣa worship and giving plastic forms to them, in short a faithful adherence to the older traditions of Sanchi and Bharhut both in composition and technique;
4. Retaining the non-sectarian character of their work and yet serving the ends of all the three cults, the Buddhist, Jaina and Brāhmaṇical.