Indian Sculpture c5.s2.t1.4

c5.s2.t1.4

The image from Gandhāra, on the other hand, is a resourceful adaptation of Indian notions by syncretistic craftsmen. A weary eclecticism distinguishes it. The two types of the Buddha image, from Mathurā and Gandhāra, have different origins, psychologically as well as culturally. The character and the later date of the image set up by Friar Bala,58 A.D. 81, and of other figures from Mathurā, prove the independence of this thoroughbred Indian type.