Early Indian Terracotta Art Circa 2000 300 B C Northern And Western India

Author : Arundhati Banerji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015032202023

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Early Indian Terracotta Art, Circa 2000-300 B.C., Northern and Western India by Arundhati Banerji Pdf

Early Indian Terracotta Art Traces The Origin, Typology & Stylistic Evolution Of Backed Clay Figurines In Northern & Western India (C. 2000-300 B.C.). They Have Been Classified Into Three Main Stages Namely The Crude & Simple Post-Harappan & Chaleolithic Cultures With The Bull As The Prominent Figure, The Iron Age When A Variety Of Local Art Styles Emerged, And The Early Nbp Period Showing Qualitative & Quantitative Growth With The Prominence Of Ornamented Elephant & Nagi Figurines Along With Other Animal And Human Forms.

Author : Pratapaditya Pal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015052977264

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Indian Terracotta Sculpture by Pratapaditya Pal Pdf

The subject of this volume is the fired earthen sculpture, commonly known as terracotta, whose history goes back to the dawn of civilization on the subcontinent. The aim is to provide new material and insights into early Indian terracotta art in a chronological framework, from pre-Harappan times to the Gupta period. Beginning with the prehistoric period, discoveries at several new Harappan sites in India excavated since 1947 and the remarkable terracotta figurines unearthed at Mehrgarh in Pakistan are discussed. Although the southern peninsula cannot boast either the antiquity or the richness of the prehistoric terracotta tradition of the north, one particular region around the Nilgiris studied here has yielded clay sculptures fascinating for their abstract yet robust forms which reveal connections with earlier northern figures. The typological continuity with Harappan culture is evident from material exacavated at Taxila. The lesser-known site of Sugh in Haryana reveals types that spread across the northern plains all the way to the most important site for terracotta sculpture discovered in the subcontinent, Chandraketugarh in West Bengal. The terracotta finds of the middle and lower Gangetic valley are studied in Pradesh whose exceptionally elegant figurines and decorative temple panels reveal astonishing eloquence of the pan-Indian aesthetic of the Gupta period. No single volume thus far has provided such an overview, and this book should therefore be useful for art historians and all those who are interested in this rich tradition which survives in India to this day.

Author : Shibani Bose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199099870

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Mega Mammals in Ancient India by Shibani Bose Pdf

Since antiquity, big mammals have inspired fear as well as fantasy among humans. Not only do megafauna pervade the domains of religion, art, literature, and folklore, it is also now widely acknowledged that they can serve as important, if not always adequate, indices of environmental quality. In this book, Shibani Bose looks into eras bygone in order to chronicle the journeys of three mega mammals, the rhinoceros, elephant, and tiger, across millennia in early north India. Carefully sifting through archaeological evidence and literary records in Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and classical Western accounts, Bose documents the presence of these big mammals in diverse cultural contexts, from hunter-gatherer societies to the first urban civilization of India and beyond. This work aims to reconstruct human interactions with these mega species through time while trying to understand the larger ecology of ancient India. This book is especially well-timed as the conservation of our megafaunal heritage is a major concern for biologists, ecologists, and conservationists. It underlines the need to historicize human interactions with these mega mammals with the contention that awareness regarding their past is critical for their future.

Author : Aloka Parasher-Sen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789356406902

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Conversations with the Animate ‘Other’ by Aloka Parasher-Sen Pdf

Human interventions with living entities have had to be in a constant state of negotiating space necessary for co-habitation with animals, birds, trees, plants, grasslands, forests, hills, water bodies in the creation of villages and other settlements. The book argues that negotiating this space meant sharing, which impacted economic strategies, religious experiences, cultural interactions and oral performances that humans have strategized and preserved. This intersectional theme, through individual case studies, ultimately provides us the civilizational ethos of the Indian sub-continent on how human non-human relations informed it. The book provides a window on how this relationship was represented in a variety of material and literary texts, visual representations, archival records, folklore and oral testimonies. It brings to the fore these narratives over the longue durée to explicate the complex and delicate relationships in region specific ecological settings and thus give readers a perspective that crosses disciplinary and conceptual boundaries.

Author : Jane R. McIntosh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781576079089

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The Ancient Indus Valley by Jane R. McIntosh Pdf

This work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles. The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives takes readers back to a civilization as complex as its contemporaries in Mesopotamia and Egypt, one that covered a far larger region, yet lasted a much briefer time (less than a millennium) and left few visible traces. Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life based on limited material remains and despite its virtually indecipherable written record. This volume describes what is known about the roots of Indus civilization in farming culture, as well as its far-flung trading network, sophisticated crafts and architecture, and surprisingly war-free way of life. Readers will get a glimpse of both a remarkable piece of the past and the extraordinary methods that have brought it back to life.

Author : Kumkum Roy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : India
ISBN : 9780810853669

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Historical Dictionary of Ancient India by Kumkum Roy Pdf

India's history and culture is ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Beginning with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming communities in the southern lands of India, the history of India is punctuated by constant integration with migrating peoples and with the diverse cultures that surround the country. Placed in the center of Asia, history in India is a crossroads of cultures from China to Europe, as well as the most significant Asian connection with the cultures of Africa. The Historical Dictionary of Ancient India provides information ranging from the earliest Paleolithic cultures in the Indian subcontinent to 1000 CE. The ancient history of this country is related in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on rulers, bureaucrats, ancient societies, religion, gods, and philosophical ideas.

Author : Surendra Kumar Srivastava
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Pottery, Ancient
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022407634

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Terracotta Art in Northern India by Surendra Kumar Srivastava Pdf

Study with special reference to Uttar Pradesh, India.

Author : Urmila Sant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015041926752

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Terracotta Art of Rajasthan by Urmila Sant Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UOM:39015063188851

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Indian Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : Himanshu Prabha Ray,Carla M. Sinopoli
Publisher : Indian
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060113993

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Archaeology as History in Early South Asia by Himanshu Prabha Ray,Carla M. Sinopoli Pdf

Contributed articles presented at a workshop.

Author : Arputha Rani Sengupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015064135885

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Art of Terracotta by Arputha Rani Sengupta Pdf

The book focuses on cult and cultural synthesis in India. The terracotta images are of profound nature and have significant role in fertility and funerary rituals. The terracotta temples of Bishnupur have also been dealt with. The main focus in on votive terracotta, which includes portable icons and sculptured veneer on architectural monuments of Bengal in the late medieval period. The images are vaishnavite and saivite krishna, Buddha as avatara or vishnu, Ramayana and Mahabharata scenes, etc. have been depicted. T

Author : Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSC:32106014848789

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Indian Terracotta Art by Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly Pdf

Author : Amy G. Poster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015016811591

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From Indian Earth by Amy G. Poster Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015058373955

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The Cumulative Book Index by Anonim Pdf

A world list of books in the English language.

Author : New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015035263600

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Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture by New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division Pdf