After which officer were the sculptural panels of Amaravati Stupa named?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Walter Elliot
In 1854 Walter Elliot, the commissioner of Guntur, took several sculpture panels from Amaravati to Madras; they came to be called the Elliot marbles after him.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 The structure of the stupa … 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.…” |