The Colossal Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan (now destroyed), provide evidence of

a) the first representations of the Buddha in human form.
b) the only known instances of Buddha figures holding up their hands in the Dharmachakra mudra.
c) the considerable geographic spread of Buddhism from its origins in India.
d) the rapid advances in sculptural technique in religious art.


Answer: C

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