Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c14.25

c14.25

At Airtan eight big fragments of a grand frieze were found which had adorned the outer walls of a building, possibly a Buddhist temple. Half-figures of youths and girls, musicians and garland-bearers are depicted on the frieze between acanthus leaves. In spite of elements of Greek and Indian art, the frieze, as a whole, breathes with a style and technique of its own, which shows that there was a local school of art in Termez.