Q. During whose period was sculpture at its zenith?
Answer: Shung
Notes: Sculpture was at its zenith during the Shunga period. Pushyamitra Shunga built Bharhut Stupa, in which the influence of the sculpture of Shunga period is visible. Idol art also flourished in the Satavahana dynasty. The Satavahana kings were brahmins but they encouraged Buddhism. Therefore, the development of the idols of Gautam Buddha also took place in this period. The Gandhara style of art developed during the Kushan period.