UPSC Express

With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs:

(Famous work of sculpture) : : (Site)

Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash : : Ajanta
Descent of Ganga : : Mahabalipuram
Huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu : : Udayagiri
Which of the pairs given above is/ are correctly matched?

a       1 and 2 only
b       1 and 3 only
c       2 and 3 only
d       1, 2 and 3
Explanation:

Solution (c)

Famous work of sculpture : : Site

Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash : : Ellora (Kailash Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra)
Descent of Ganga or Arjuna’s penance sculpture : : Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu : : Udayagiri
Nataraja : : Brihadeshwara temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Surya riding chariot : : Konark, Odisha
Nayika Lingaraja Temple : : Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Manjira Player : : Konark, Odisha
Erotic sculpture : : Khajuraho