Write the another name of Indo Greek Art':

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The correct option is 1:
The 'Indo-Greek Art' is most accurately referred to as **Gandhara art** or Greco-Buddhist art. This artistic style represents a unique cultural syncretism between the aesthetic traditions of Ancient Greece (Hellenism), which was introduced to the region after Alexander the Great's conquests and perpetuated by the Indo-Greek Kingdoms, and the religious subject matter of Buddhism. Flourishing primarily in the ancient Gandhara region (present-day northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) from the 1st century BCE onwards, this school is renowned for creating the first anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha. These figures often exhibit features resembling the Greek god Apollo, complete with wavy hair and naturalistic, deeply-draped garments inspired by classical Roman and Greek statuary. The influence of Greek and Roman motifs is a defining characteristic, directly leading to the alternate name of Indo-Greek Art.

The incorrect option is 2:
Mathura was indeed the centre of another major, contemporaneous school of art during the Kushan period, but it developed an independent and distinctly indigenous style. The Mathura art school's depiction of the Buddha was modelled after native Indian figures, such as the robust Yaksha male fertility gods. Its images featured shorter, stylized curlier hair and sheer, clinging robes that clearly distinguish it from the Greco-Roman aesthetics of Gandhara art. While the schools were contemporaries and mutually influential, Mathura's primary stylistic lineage is Indian, not Indo-Greek.

The incorrect option is 3:
Amaravati is the name of another significant school of ancient Indian art, but it is located in the Deccan region (modern Andhra Pradesh) and is associated with the Satavahana dynasty. The Amaravati style is distinct for its dynamic, fluid compositions and a focus on narrative relief sculpture that emphasizes movement and complexity. Its geographic location and artistic idiom are entirely separate from the Hellenistic-influenced art of the northwestern Gandhara region.

The incorrect option is 4:
'Company style' refers to a genre of painting that emerged much later in Indian history, spanning the late 18th and 19th centuries. This style developed under the patronage of the British East India Company's officials and was a hybrid of traditional Indian miniature techniques with Western conventions like linear perspective and shading. It represents a different historical era and artistic tradition with a colonial-era patron-artist relationship, having no direct connection to the ancient Greco-Buddhist art of the 1st to 7th centuries CE.