Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates ‘Yaksha art from Amaravati’ of the study on Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology, including museum exhibitions of the major archeological antiquities. These pages show how the Buddhist establishment of Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) survived from 4th century BCE to 14th century CE. It includes references and translations of episodes of Buddha’s life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas which are illustrated in Amaravati art.
Yakṣa art from Amarāvatī
An iconoplastic reproduction of a headless seated yakṣa from Amarāvatī bears some akinness to a terracotta yakṣa from Chandraketugarh. The Amarāvatī yakṣa is defaced and has a prominent paunch like the terracotta piece. The terracotta yakṣa is stylistically assigned to the Suṅga period[1].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Sarma I.K, 1985, Op.cit, p 18.