The University of Nalanda c18.4
The University of Nālandā c18.4
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c18.4
Nālandā, as shown in earlier chapters, occupied a unique position in the development of Indian thought. Its position in the development of Indian art was no less unique. Native artists, by the time Nālandā came into prominence had so assimilated the various elements—Pre-Maurian, Graeco-Bactrian, Persian, Mathurā, Amrāvati and the like, that they could carve out an image of Buddha, which was independent of all the previous productions.¹ This was during the time of the Guptas.