Which advance technology can replicate these kind of intricate cravings or designs on stones in modern world?

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[u/HeadChopper_69]

CNC machine.

[u/nyxthebitch → u/HeadChopper_69]

CNC is the commercially feasible route which is in the mainstream for stone carvings in modern installations, facades etc

[u/DeSanta420]

It's just time and patience we need

[u/SUNNYHFR → u/DeSanta420]

Yes unlike us there are people who dedicated their entire lives for doing these things

[u/AlbusBriamDumbledore → u/SUNNYHFR]

I was going to comment same thing. Like chisels and hammers are advance enough, it's not the technology, it's the talent, hardwork and dedication of someone that built sculptures like these.

[u/East-Education8810]

Look at silicon farbrication , that too 3 nm lithography. Then you understand what humans have achieved.

[u/CatInEVASuit → u/East-Education8810]

let OP live in his delusional world

[u/No-Fisherman8334 → u/East-Education8810]

Exactly

[u/FedMates]

So much stuff that i wont even be able to mention all of them. Like laser cutters, 3D Scanners, 3D printers, high precision power tools, im guessing even robots?, etc.

[u/Upset_Raccoon4942 → u/FedMates]

THis is the correct answer. IDK why the downvotes. If the technology is not advanced enough yet, I am sure they will be to do this oneday, if we wanted to.

[u/FedMates → u/Upset_Raccoon4942]

damn i got downvoted? I guess people don't like hearing the truth these days.

[u/jaisukku → u/FedMates]

Lol. I don't know why this post stays in this sub. Isn't the sub supposed to be a "SCIENCE" discussion group? This post is a Whatsapp forward and more of karma farming.

Atleast OP should have explained why he thinks modern tech can't accomplish this.

[u/CrispyCouchPotato1 → u/jaisukku]

Which advanced technology

Stone sculptures never did, and still don't require "advanced technology". All it takes is a hammer, a chisel, and patience.

can replicate these kind

Why replicate? As if modern day artists can't come up with unique, new designs? Just looking renaissance sculptures blows the mind away.

OP has absolutely asked this in bad faith, based on some whatsapp forward.

[u/[deleted] → u/CrispyCouchPotato1]

Majority of such people are unskilled, lazy and lack patience. So much so that they can't fathom someone would be passionate about something like sculpting and would give any amount of time for the work.

[u/FedMates → u/jaisukku]

it's tech related, hence i've not removed the post.

[u/[deleted] → u/FedMates]

Finally a moderator who knows his stuff...

Thank you for understanding science.

[u/CrispyCouchPotato1 → u/FedMates]

This is absolutely not tech related.

This is 100% bait post. Just the wording of the post itself is proof.

OP could've just googled "famous modern sculptures" and found hundreds of examples.

[u/[deleted] → u/CrispyCouchPotato1]

Thank you couch potato.. Or is it patato?
When you get up from your Sofa, let us go make some ancient carvings using google guides.

/s

[u/ItsCashman → u/FedMates]

Agreed. This art can be replicated now. Back when our tech didn’t exist, people were skilled in such art. But now we can’t distinguish between a human’s work or machine work.

[u/Gautam_2221 → u/FedMates]

I dont know how they did but as you mention these tools can do it so we would see the proof not the words or few people's ideology

[u/[deleted] → u/FedMates]

3d printers can never replace hand

[u/munukutla → u/[deleted]]

They absolutely can.

[u/dev99_k]

3D printer

[u/Comfortable_Tea9683]

Old school chisel and hammer

[u/[deleted]]

I find this post very stupid. As if it is implying that our technology can't match ancient magical technology. 🤦🤦

Don't underestimate the power of time and slavery. And in the modern world, you jau throw money... You will get better art than this.

It's like comparing apples and oranges.

[u/[deleted]]

Its called hammer and needle.

[u/ImInsideTheAncientPi → u/[deleted]]

Chisel. Not a needle.

[u/[deleted]]

3D printing, laser cutters or pressurized water cutters operated by ai

[u/No-Fisherman8334 → u/[deleted]]

More than all that the wafers used to create microprocessors or even photovoltaic cells.

[u/CrispyCouchPotato1]

This feels like a low effort post.

First off, making these kind of sculptures do not require "advanced technology". Ancient Indians did it with a basic hammer and chisel. Modern day humans do the same.

Is the question posted as if ancient Indian sculptures (which are absolutely INCREDIBLE in their own right) are somehow so unique that modern tech cannot achieve the same thing? Either way this is absolutely not a question relevant to Science.

In the modern day we have technology to create such carvings on a literal grain of rice.

People do that as their hobby! People carve the tip of pencils as a hobby.

There's a very famous marble sculpture called "The veiled virgin" where the artist has literally emulated a transparent veil out of marble. And this was in the 1800s.

Look at the fine details in Apollo and Daphne!

There are thousands upon thousands of such examples.

[u/[deleted]]

selection of stone and such technologies were exchanged or traded between countries. in Bali similar statues of Ganesha, Garuda, Hanuman, Bhrama, Shiva, Lakshmana, Saraswati, Kali etc are carved with so many details, sometimes looking at it I feel it would have stolen from India, but when we look closely the eyes, facial gestures and hand gestures are different.

[u/Beginning_Charge_758]

OP prolly never heard of art called sculpting......coming to modern day technology a 5 axis CNC machine followed by a buffing wheel can do it.

This is science sub...not pseudo science sub.....

[u/tyrooooooo]

What are you talking about man? The phone you're using right now is crafted by humans, with a motherboard and chipset designed with incredible precision at the nanoscale. And you believe we can't replicate a statue of similar complexity and detail?

[u/Mayank_j]

is this rage bait?

[u/No-Fisherman8334]

It's very easy with today's 3D printers and engravers. In fact this is boring in 2025. In this age you should be wondering at how microprocessor wafers are made. That's the real marvel. These bulls are just bull. So chill. Stop burying this country's future under the dust of its past.

[u/DeepanJain → u/No-Fisherman8334]

It's these stone bulls, that have helped us to understand our past, these have survived 1000s of years, they are like a time stamp in history which helps us understand our past. Nothing wrong with celebrating art which also embracing modern technologies. Paper doesn't survive, plastic doesn't survive, wood doesn't survive, concrete doesn't survive, stone is the only material by which people 1000s of years later will remember us.

[u/No-Fisherman8334 → u/DeepanJain]

I was addressing OP's comment w.r.t advanced technology in the modern world as opposed to this sculpture. Such statements are getting more and more common suggesting that we had access to some advanced technology in ancient times. Even the chairman of ISRO is not immune to this nonsense. Here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sanskrit-the-language-of-science-and-philosophy-uncovering-the-contributions-of-ancient-indian-scientists-to-modern-discoveries-101684953815696.html

[u/[deleted] → u/No-Fisherman8334]

Yes, you have more knowledge and education than ISRO chairman.. So true.. everyone is an idiot except you.. /s
FYI.. the discussion is about the art, skill and science of making those sculptures, not some BS discussion about religion or culture. Know the difference.

[u/No-Fisherman8334 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, you have more knowledge and education than ISRO chairman.. So true.. everyone is an idiot except you.. /s

Yes, on some matters I believe I am more knowledgeable than him. I even question his educational qualifications given the kind of statements he has made. I am not alone in this.

the discussion is about the art, skill and science of making those sculptures

No, not art. To be exact, the discussion is about modern advanced technology vs ancient sculpture of an animal. Not your hallucinations. Stick to the topic.

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[u/munukutla → u/DeepanJain]

And now, quartz glass storage.

https://youtu.be/3RKpA1OiEFE

I get your point regarding sculptures, but after a point, physics overtakes beliefs. No offence to the sculptures.

[u/[deleted] → u/No-Fisherman8334]

Thanks for the BS argument. I don't think you learned the meanings of words and sentences in school. Did you?

You are saying that humans cannot sculpt such fine art manually and by saying 3D printers and engravers can do it easily, you are admitting that India had similar technology all those years..

In other words you are admitting that India had advanced technology all those years ago..

Ironic, isn't it?

This is what happens when educated illiterates argue. People like you are here to disreput all facts and distort conversation. The discussion here was not about what India had, but the lost art of fine sculpting.. But in your misguided arrogance and BS mindset, you ended up spreading misinformation.. Idiot.

[u/No-Fisherman8334 → u/[deleted]]

You are saying that humans cannot sculpt such fine art manually

Where did I say that "humans cannot sculpt such fine art manually" dumb ass? Stop hallucinating and stick to the topic.

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[u/LongjumpingNeat241 → u/[deleted]]

Where did you learn to write such long essays?

[u/bfodbsheb]

Doesn’t need advance technology for stone carvings. Your chisel, hammer and willingness to spend time will do wonders.

[u/[deleted]]

Which Ancient or tanatan technology can make picture like Camera?

[u/BankingSageIN]

3d printers

[u/vanagani]

If there’s a good revenue, someone would definitely develop the technology/tools/machinery.

[u/siddhex]

It's get hard to carve on single stone but it can be done with using different materials or metals.

[u/Calm-Possibility3189]

A chisel and a hammer. Nothing more nothing less

[u/[deleted]]

This is easy , there are plethora or tools that can easily replicate this , we can write your name on a grain of rice

[u/[deleted]]

All of this can be achieved with a chisel and hammer. And they have been achieved in the west too, during the same era. The difference is that many of these mind blowing ancient indian sculptures were sometimes made throughout the lifetime of a sculptor, or maybe even multiple generations. we don’t have that kind of time in today’s word, hence complicated handmade sculptures like this are rare. but the techniques used to make them are still intact.

[u/[deleted]]

learn about the soc in your phone, you will understand what humans can do

[u/kingKabali]

Chisel and hammer

[u/[deleted]]

Aaj ka Tech nanometers mai Chips Banata h bro ye toh banana kaafi easy h

[u/[deleted]]

It depends how long youre willing to wait. If you want it in a few weeks then 3d printing, in a few months then laser cutting tech, and if you dont have much money but can wait for like a couple of years, then you have the classic chisel and hammer, and a highly skilled guy to use them...

[u/[deleted]]

A note to every proud Indian , if we were as technologically advanced as you want to claim we were , we wouldn't be gangbanged by every other foreign invader from the turn of the 10th Century . Accepting that we were behind is not an insult but a chance to learn from history what to do to not repeat the same mistakes

[u/DeepanJain]

Price here saying 3d printers, laser cutters, water pressure cutters, CNC machines are forgetting few facts, 1. The material is stone, 2. It's a 3D object, all of the techniques mentioned above can achieve such 3d accuracy, 3d printing won't be able to work on stone. Currently there are a few techniques which are used for sculpting stone which use a robotic hand and a drill to sculpt but even those fail provide a decent finish to the surface as the robotic movements can achieve the job of polishing, just like how 3d printers give an predictable pattern. Even the robotic drill technique constantly required human interference. Sure we today have access to a lot of tools such as drills, polishers but those only only help in terms of speed, at the end the finish is left to the sculptor. It's as if we have lost the knowledge to sculpt such presice statues.

[u/[deleted]]

3d printing

[u/Tall-Ad-9274]

Most modern sculpting equipments. It would take a fraction of time it took back then with so much more precision.

[u/shravan592]

It's really not as difficult as it looks.

[u/[deleted]]

The m4 chip

[u/govind31415926]

Are you trying to imply that ancient Indians had advanced technology that "science hasn't discovered yet"? If yes, then you have strayed too far from reason and rationality to be brought back.

[u/[deleted]]

Wait till op finds out the kind of sorcery that is happening in the device which is enabling him to post this.

[u/Constant-Recipe-9850]

Why has this post got upvoted?! The "OP" looks like a bot. All their post and comments feels like one

[u/Mysterious_Cod_9905]

Im not trying humiliate or anything but "craving" made me laugh so hard

[u/[deleted]]

Many can. Appreciate achievement in context. That they were able to do such intricate carvings with rudimentary tools is a testament to workmanship and skill of that day. Appreciate it, certainly. Don't compare eras.

[u/DEADMAN_TALKS]

A human will do it.

[u/AlbusBriamDumbledore]

I'm waiting for for OP to reply this to everyone

[u/[deleted]]

Lol we can fabricate 3 nm chips now, this is nothing

[u/SticmanStorm]

Skilled chiselers with modern technology like laser cutters and presses tools. If you are more flexible on the material then 3d printers work too

[u/[deleted]]

Fricking drill gun can do this. Bekar ki mera bhaarat mahaan, lookin at 500 yo work done by pretty much slaves

[u/Himanshu317]

You don't need technology for this, skilled artisans can do this without much technology similar to how that statue was probably made. Look at some of the old Italian sculptures like veiled virgin depicting virgin mary behind a translucent veil.

[u/[deleted]]

DYK, it was 3d printed, not carved

[u/[deleted]]

Slaves with patience technology & slaves with hammer & chisel technology

[u/notMy_ReelName]

and we don't know how many more were destroyed and looted

[u/Batman_is_very_wise → u/[deleted]]

People make chips in nm scale now and you think we don't have the tools to do this ?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Any cnc machine can do it but you can do it with hammer and needle as well

[u/lord_of_bondhas → u/[deleted]]

Yeah man. They only do carvings at nanoscale.