Who among the following visited Amravati and collected several sculpture panels and took them to Madras?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Walter Elliot
In 1854 Walter Elliot, the commissioner of Guntur, visited Amaravati and took several sculpture panels away to Madras; they came to be called the Elliot marbles.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 The structure of the stupa … Some years later, a British official named Colin Mackenzie (see also Chapter 7) visited the site. Although he found several pieces of sculpture and made detailed drawings of them, these reports were never published. In 1854, Walter Elliot, the commissioner of Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), visited Amaravati and collected several sculpture panels and took them away to Madras. (These came to be called the Elliot marbles after him.) He also discovered the remains of the western gateway and came to the conclusion that the structure at Amaravati was one of the largest and most magnificent Buddhist stupas ever built.…” |