STUDY OF KUSHAN PERIOD ‘BODHISATTVA’ SCULPTURES STORED IN MATHURA MUSEUM
मथुरा संग्रहालय में संग्रहीत कुषाण कालीन ‘बोधिसत्व’ मूर्तियों का अध्ययन
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i1.2022.131Keywords:
Bodhisattva, Engraved, Kushan Period, Idol, MathuraAbstract [English]
In the archaeological Museum located in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, the Kushan period Bodhisattva idols have been engraved with great efficiency by the craftsman here. In these idols, the body is shown to be attractive and with shapely muscles. Clear expressions, light, salvatdar clothes have been engraved. In these sculptures the artist has used red sandstone with white spots. The reign of Kushan emperors Kanishka, Huviska and Vasudeva is considered to be the ‘golden period’ of Mathura art.
Abstract [Hindi]
उत्तर प्रदेश के मथुरा जनपद में स्थित पुरातात्विक संग्रहालय में कुषाणकालीन बोधिसत्व मूर्तियों को यहाँ के शिल्पी ने बड़ी ही दक्षता के साथ उकेरा है। इन मूर्तियों में शरीर को आकर्षित एवं सुडौल मॉशल युक्त दर्शाया है। स्पष्ट भाव-भंगिमायें, हल्का, सलवटदार वस्त्र उकेरा गया है। इन मूर्तियों में कलाकार ने सफेद चित्तीदार लाल बलुए पत्थर का प्रयोग किया है। कुषाण सम्राट कनिष्क, हुविष्क व बासुदेव का शासन काल मथुरा कला का ‘स्वर्णिम काल’ माना गया है।
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