Nalanda and Vikramsila were great centres of Buddhist learning in the Pala period. Apart from illustrating manuscripts, these centres also had workshops for which kind of art production?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Bronze casting
Nalanda and Vikramsila had workshops for casting of bronze images. Mural painting, terracotta modelling and textile printing are not named as work of these monasteries.
NCERT (2026-27): “Pala School of Painting …Monasteries, such as Nalanda and Vikramsila were great centres of Buddhist learning, and art and numerous manuscripts were illustrated here with Buddhist themes and images of Vajrayana Buddhist deities on palm leaves. These centres also had workshops for casting of bronze images. Students and pilgrims from all over South East Asia came to these monasteries for education and religious instruction, and took back specimens of Pala Buddhist art in the form of bronze and illustrated manuscripts.” |