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Rock-cut Art

In the excavations the artistic monuments that were found symbolize the earliest Indian religion Buddhism to have a deep impact on Indian art. It is anticipated that there would have been earlier structures in wood that have been transformed into stone structures. Only some textual references are left for these and have no physical evidence. According to the historical perspective of Rock-cut Art, this art style initiated with the Buddhists in the rock cut caves. This art style was later imitated by the Hindus and Jains in the Badami, Aihole, Ellora, Salsette, Elephanta, Aurangabad and Mamallapuram.

In this way the Rock-cut Art of India has faced a continuous evolvement since the first rock cut caves, suiting to different purposes, social and religious contexts, and regional differences.

Rock-cut Art is a unique example of Indian art. All the rock cut structures were related to different religious communities. The rock cut architecture differs from the traditional building style. Rock-cut Art is many times similar to sculpture and architecture and is made by cutting out solid rocks. All over the India many famous rock cut monuments and structures have been found some of the finest of these include those found in Bihar and Maharashtra. The ancient rock cut structures those made for Buddhist and Jain monks as their residence and worship areas were termed as Chaityas and Viharas.

The Mahabalipuram’s Ratha temples are another fine example of Rock-cut Art in ancient India. This ancient structure was constructed under the Pallava dynasty. The Sanchi stupa is another masterpiece of Rock-cut Art in India. Most of the rocks cut structures of ancient period are found to be influenced of Buddhism religion. However this started to fade up during the Gupta period under the impact of Hinduism resulting in many Hindu carved art structures.

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