History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2024 History
The Ajanta art depicted the mother of Buddha in the form of:
AAthenian matron ✓ Correct
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Correct answer: (A) Athenian matron — The answer is the Athenian matron.
Explanation
★The answer is the Athenian matron.
★The term Athenian matron was used for married women in Athens.
★An Athenian matron had two main functions, bearing children and managing the household.
★A series of paintings in Cave 2 at Ajanta depicts the bedroom of Buddha's mother Mayadevi.
★Next to it are paintings of the Bodhisattva, Mayadevi and Shuddhodhana with attendants.
★Some historians therefore call Mayadevi the Athenian matron.
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