History · Ancient Indian Art and Architecture

Given below are two statements: Statement I: The walls of many ancient Buddhist cave shrines in India were covered with murals illustrating Buddhist narratives. Statement II: A more distant region where this tradition of Indian painting was adopted was Central Asia. Commencing at Bamiyan in Afghanistan and traversing Central Asia, there were series of Buddhist monasteries with shrines cut into the hills and covered with murals. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: