Art and Architecture
- By evolving the Nagara and the Dravida styles.
- Gupta constructed the temple for the first time.
- The temple at Deogarh near Jhansi & the sculptures in the temple at Garh near Allahabad remain important specimens of the Gupta art.
- Beautiful statue of standing Buddha at Mathura reveals a little Greek style.
- The Bhitari monolithic pillar of Skandagupta is also remarkable.
Rock-cut and Structural Temples
- The Udayagiri caves (Odisha) are also of this type.
Stupas
- Stupas was also built in large numbers but the best are found at Samat (Uttar Pradesh), Ratnagiri (Orissa) and Mirpur Khas (Sind).
Sculpture: Stone Sculpture
- A good specimen of stone sculpture is the well-known erect Buddha from Sarnath. Of the puranic images, perhaps the most impressive is the great Boar (Varaha) at the entrance of a cave at Udayagiri.
Metal statues
- Two remarkable examples of Gupta metal sculpture are
- A copper image of the Buddha about eighteen feet high at Nalanda in
- The Sultanganj Buddha of Seven and –a –half feet in height.
Painting
- The mural paintings of this period are found at Ajanta, Bagh, Badami and other places.
- The mural paintings of Ajanta are not true frescoes.
- For frescoes is painted while the plaster is still damp.
- The murals of Ajanta were made after it had been set.
Terracotta and Pottery
- Gupta Pottery remains found at Ahichchhatra, Rajgarh, Hastinapur and Bashar and afford proof of excellence of pottery.
- The most distinctive class of pottery of this period is the “red ware”.