gupta - art & archietecture

1. The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire, founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, which existed from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent.

2. The peace and prosperity created under the leadership of the Gupta’s enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic endeavors.

3. This period is called the Golden Age of India and was marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Hindu culture.

The Gupta period is generally regarded as a classic peak of north

Indian art for all the major religious groups.

The Gupta Age, being an age of intense religion interests, saw the

construction of large number of temples and religious

architectures.

The excellence of Gupta architecture can be seen in the temples

of various Hindu Gods such as Shiva, Vishnu, Surya, Kartikeya,

etc.

Vishnu Krishna

Ellora Buddha

Dashavatara Temple Ajanta Padmapani

The period saw the emergence of the iconic carved stone deity

in Hindu art, as well as the Buddha figure and Jain tirthankara

figures, these last often on a very large scale.

The two great center's of sculpture

were Mathura and Gandhara, the latter the centre of

Greco-Buddhist art.

Guptan style, the caves at Ajanta, Elephanta, and Ellora were in

fact produced under later dynasties, but largely reflect the

monumentality and balance of Guptan style.

Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh

The Hindu Udayagiri Caves actually record connections with the

dynasty and its ministers,and the Dashavatara Temple at

Deogarh is a major temple, one of the earliest to survive, with

important sculpture.

The culture of the Gupta Age went by its unique value and excellence. Many

features of that culture left there legacies for the future.

The greatest works of such immortal sons of India as Kalidasa and

Aryabhatta, and the great objects of timeless appeal as Sarnath Buddha

and the Ajanta fresco will continue to represent the glories of the Gupta

Age.

is the priceless cultural heritage of India’s rich past.