the difference bitween mathura and taxila statu of buddha.
- Mathura School- Sculptures were made mostly of red sand stones. The characteristics of this idol are:
1) Buddha sitting under a Bodhi tree,
2) Right hand in abhaya posture,
3) Dharam chakra and tri-ratna chiselled in palms and at bottom of the feet, and
The head is shaven except one lock
- Taxila- It was a major centre of teh Gandhara scool of art. The Buddha images show depiction of transparent gamient draped in Graeco - Roman fahion and vary curly hair in Buddha idols. During the early school, which existed during first and second century A.D., blue-grey schist stone was used to make idols. However, in the later school instead of schist stone, mud, lime, pilaster and stucco was used to make the idols. These idols give a realistic representation of the human figure clearly indicating limbs and other organs of the body . They are depicted with sharp features and anatomical accuracy.