Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Manuscript Painting Tradition

Question:

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Pala period about the paintings of that period?

Options:

It saw the last great phase of Buddhist art in India.

Monasteries like Nalanda and Vikramsila were centres of Buddhist learning.

Illustrated manuscripts were created on stone.

Manuscripts were illustrated with Buddhist themes.

Correct Answer:

Illustrated manuscripts were created on stone.

Explanation:

Illustrated manuscripts were created on stone.

The manuscripts were illustrated on palm leaves, not stone.

The last great phase of Buddhist art in India, including illustrated manuscripts, occurred during the Pala period (750 CE to the mid–twelfth century). Like the Jain texts and paintings, the illustrated manuscripts of the Palas of eastern India also form the earliest examples of paintings from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Pala period (750 CE to the mid–twelfth century) saw the last great phase of Buddhist art in India. 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.