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Which museum houses the largest collection of Kushan sculptures?
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- Mathura Museum
- Bombay Museum
- Madras Museum
- Delhi Museum
- Mathura Museum
Correct Option: A
The Mathura Museum is famous for ancient sculptures of the Mathura school dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD which attained the pinnacle of glory during the reign of Great Kushan and Gupta Emperors. Mathura school represents cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE.