Sikri (English spelling)

…This is a style of stone carving art that flourished most in ancient times, especially during the Kushan and Gupta periods, and is one of the most important schools in India. It is centered around the ancient city of Mathura, located on the right bank of the Yamuna River, about 140 km south-southeast of New Delhi in northern India. With very few exceptions, all the stone used is red sandstone with yellow-white spots from nearby Sikri, and this unique quality of stone makes it easy to determine whether or not a work is from Mathura. Mathura was a key location on the East-West trade route and prospered as a commercial city, but it was also a religious city where Buddhism and Jainism were thriving, and Hindus considered it a holy place of Krishna. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…インド北部，ニューデリーの南南東約140km，ヤムナー川右岸にある古都マトゥラーMathurāを中心として，古代，ことにクシャーナ朝時代とグプタ朝時代に最も隆盛であった石彫主体の美術で，インドで最も重要な流派の一つ。石材はごくわずかな例外を除いてすべて近郊のシークリーSīkrī産の黄白班のある赤色砂岩を用い，この独特の石質ゆえにマトゥラー作品であるか否かを容易に判定しうる。マトゥラーは東西通商路の要衝を占め，商業都市として繁栄したのみならず，仏教やジャイナ教が盛行し，ヒンドゥー教徒にとってはクリシュナの聖地とされる宗教都市でもあった。…

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