The most outstanding form of traditional Indian sculpture is Gandhara, a form that was strongly influenced by Greek statue carving. The style depicts figures with curly hair, wearing tightly fitting beautiful clothes. After Buddhism entered China, it became the source for a painting style used in Chinese ink-wash paintings.
而印度佛像造型最鮮明的「陀羅藝術」，吸納了希臘雕像的風格技術，頭髮曲捲、身披優美貼身衣紋的造型，在佛教傳入中國後，更成了中國水墨畫裡「曹衣出水」筆法的來源。