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The document summarizes the key differences between the Gandhara and Mathura schools of art in ancient India. The Gandhara school was influenced by Greek styles and flourished under the Kushana dynasty in northwest India. It depicted spiritual Buddhas in greyish tones with fine details. The Mathura school was purely Indian in style and depicted joyful Buddhas in red sandstone at Mathura under the Kushana dynasty. It showed less spiritual figures and also depicted Hindu and Jain subjects.
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