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UPSC 2014: With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs: Famous work of sculpture — Site 1. A grand image of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below — Ajanta 2. A huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock — Mount Abu 3. “Arjuna’s Penance” / “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders — Mamallapuram Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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The reclining Mahaparinirvana sculpture with celestial musicians and grieving disciples is in Cave 26 at Ajanta, and the famous open-air bas-relief 'Arjuna’s Penance/Descent of the Ganga' is on the boulders of Mamallapuram—both pairs are correct. The monumental Varaha (boar) rescuing Bhudevi is carved on the cliff face at Udayagiri (Madhya Pradesh), not at Mount Abu, so pair 2 is wrongly matched. Hence only pairs 1 and 3 are correct. ([dalvoy.com](https://www.dalvoy.com/upsc/previous-years/2014/ancient-sculpture-buddha-mahaparinirvana-ajanta-arjuna-penance-mamallapuram?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2014, GS Paper 1, as Question 85. It falls under Art & Culture > Sculpture & Iconography.
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