Terracotta Human Figurines (Set of 2 Volumes)

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The Central Antiquities Collection, Purana Qila has a large collection of excavated and explored antiquities from the sites located in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent (see Map), out of which terracotta forms representing the human figurines comprise the most interesting category. In this collection the examples of terracotta human forms are well represented dating from the early-Harappan times to the post Gupta period. Some scanty examples of later period are also available. The study of these human forms revealed that the tradition begins with the hand-modelled variety during the early Harappan and Harappan times, which gradually passes through changes in the form of partly modelled/partly moulded/single moulded variety during the Maurya Sunga periods and double-moulded variety of the Kushan-Gupta style of art. This book contains three chapters which begins with an introduction on the style, form, technique and previous work done (Chapter 1). The second Chapter gives brief archaeological background and chronology on each site mentioned in the last chapter (Chapter 3).

Dr. Arundhati Banerji retired as the superintending Archaeologist from the Archaeological Survey of India, is a distinguished author and editor. She has two books (Images Attributes and Motifs Studies in Early Indian Art and Numismatics and Early Indian Terracotta Art) besides more than eighty papers to her credit. She has edited Harismriti in memory of H. Sarkar and Ratnaśri (N.R. Banerjee Commemoration Volume), also Prajnadhara (Dr. G. Bhattacharya Felicitation Volume) jointly with Gerd J.R. Mevissen and Kaladarpana (in memory of Krishna Deva) jointly with Devangana Desai. Besides she was the editor of Indian Archaeology-A Review and all other publications brought out till 2011 by the Archaeological Survey of India.

The Central Antiquities Collection, Purana Qila has a large collection of excavated and explored antiquities from the sites located in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent (see Map), out of which terracotta forms representing the human figurines comprise the most interesting category. In this collection the examples of terracotta human forms are well represented dating from the early-Harappan times to the post Gupta period. Some scanty examples of later period are also available. The study of these human forms revealed that the tradition begins with the hand-modelled variety during the early Harappan and Harappan times, which gradually passes through changes in the form of partly modelled/partly moulded/single moulded variety during the Maurya Sunga periods and double-moulded variety of the Kushan-Gupta style of art. This book contains three chapters which begins with an introduction on the style, form, technique and previous work done (Chapter 1). The second Chapter gives brief archaeological background and chronology on each site mentioned in the last chapter (Chapter 3).

**Contents and Sample Pages**