Exhibition of Lankan temple paintings in India
Around 110 replicas of ancient Sri Lankan temple paintings and rock
and wall paintings and interpretations in traditional style are now on
exhibition in New Delhi.
High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam who opened the exhibition on
Friday said that Sri Lanka was one of the few countries in South and
South-East Asia which can claim an unbroken tradition of wall paintings.
The earliest Buddhist images found in Sri Lanka date back to the
first century, which he said were characteristic of the Indian Amaravati
style, a Sri Lankan High Commission statement said.
Some of the carvings in the ancient Anuradhapura kingdom are said to
reflect the influence of the Gupta and Pallava schools of India in the
fourth, fifth and seventh centuries.
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