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'''Amaravati school of art''' is an [[Outline of ancient India|ancient Indian]] art style that evolved in the region of [[Amaravathi, Palnadu district|Amaravati]] (then known as Dhānyakaṭaka) in the modern-day [[Andhra Pradesh]] from 2nd century BCE to the end of the 3rd century CE.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kumari |first=Sabita |date=2012 |title=Representation of the Birth of the Buddha in Buddhist Art of Andhradesa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156202 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=73 |pages=163–168 |jstor=44156202 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref> It is also called the '''Andhra School''' or '''Vengi School'''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=V. D. |first=Mahajan |author-link=Vidya Dhar Mahajan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJlDwAAQBAJ&dq=Megasthenes+Andhras&pg=PA297 |title=Ancient India |date=2016 |publisher=[[S. Chand Group|S. Chand Publishing]] |isbn=978-93-5253-132-5 |pages=294, 295 |language=en}}</ref> Art historians regard the art of Amaravati as one of the three major styles or schools of ancient Indian art, the other two being the [[Art of Mathura|Mathura]] style, and the [[Greco-Buddhist art|Gandharan]] style.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pal |first=Pratapaditya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=clUmKaWRFTkC&q=Andhra+style+of+sculpture |title=Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700 |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-520-05991-7 |pages=154 |language=en |author-link=Pratapaditya Pal}}</ref><br />
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In addition to the ruins at Amarāvati, the style is also seen in the stupa remains at [[Bhattiprolu]], [[Jaggayyapeta]], [[Nagarjunakonda]], [[Ghantasala, Krishna district|Ghantasala]], and [[Goli, Andhra Pradesh|Goli]], in Andhra Pradesh, and as far west as [[Ter, Maharashtra|Ter]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=":3">Ramachandran, A. "Amaravati Buddhist Images in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia." ''Proceedings of the Indian History Congress'', vol. 53, 1992, pp. 686–91. ''JSTOR'', {{JSTOR|44142888}}. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.</ref> Largely because of the maritime trading links of the East Indian coast, the Amaravati school of sculpture had great influence on art in [[South India]], [[Sri Lanka]] (as seen at [[Anuradhapura]]) and [[South-East Asia]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Rowland|1967|p=210}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Amarāvatī sculpture |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Amaravati-sculpture |access-date=25 March 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chowdhuri |first=Sreyashi Ray |date= 24 October 2022|title=Impact of Amarāvatī on early schools of art of South-East Asia |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/history/essay/amaravati-art-study/d/doc1147549.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |website= |publisher=[[University of Calcutta]] |language=en |via=Wisdom Library}}</ref><br />
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== Characteristics ==<br />
Buddha image in sculptures which later on became the prototype of images in different Buddhist countries was standardised here.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Jermsawatdi |first=Promsak |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0O9je9dECH8C&dq=Amaravati+Schooli&pg=PA48 |title=Thai Art with Indian Influences |date=1979 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-090-7 |pages=48, 49 |language=en}}</ref> The Amaravati style of Buddha image retained its popularity in Sri Lanka till the 12th century.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Amaravati Stupa]]<br />
* [[Greco-Buddhist art|Gandharan Art]]<br />
* [[Buddhist art]]<br />
* [[Index of Buddhism-related articles]]<br />
* [[History of Buddhism]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Rowland |given=Benjamin |title=The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain |publisher=[[Penguin Books#Pelican History of Art|Pelican History of Art, Penguin]] |year=1967 |isbn=0140561021 |edition=3rd}}<br />
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