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TERRACOTTA ART OF RAJASTHAN

By :- Urmila Sant

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Type: English

Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-115-9

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 18cm x 25cm

Product Year: 1997

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The present book is the first ever comprehensive treatment of the terracotta art of Rajasthan. The framing of chronology of the entire terracotta wealth of Rajasthan right from the Mesolithic down to the Gupta times is of outstanding value. The study is not only based on the original excavated materials, but also on geographical, historical, ethno-archaeological specimens and textual accounts. Under the term ?terracotta art? scholars have usually studied only the human and animal terracotta figurines. Other specimens such as votive objects, ornaments, tools, toys, toilet items, amusement, etc., of terracotta have relatively been ignored. The author of this book had made the entire range of terracotta artifacts the subject of her indepth study. She endeavours to focus on the evolutionary trend of the terracotta art and technique, hitherto most neglected part in the field of terracotta art, and brings to light the socio-economic and religious aspects of the ancient Rajasthan as reflected through these art objects. Further, these terracotta objects have been widely compared with those excavated from different sires in the whole of Indian Subcontinent. The present study also attempts to delineate the nature of settlement from where these objects have been recovered. The wide variety of terracotta objects, marked by intricate workmanship, frequency, etc., denotes whether the site represents an urban or a rural settlement. Well integrated with the text, the book contains a scrupulous selection of photographs and line drawings of many terracotta art objects, some of them illustrated for the first time.

Foreword Preface List of Figures List of Plates Abbreviations Chapter I Introduction Chapter II Geographical, Geological and Geomorphological Background Chapter III Survey of Sites Chapter IV Proto-historic Terracottas (i) Terracotta Art of Pre-Harappan (ii) Tarracotta Art of Harappan (iii) Terracotta Art of the Ochre Colour Ware (iv) Terracotta Art of Painted Grey Ware Chapter V Early Historical and Historical Terracottas (i) Terracotta Art of Mauryan (ii) Terracotta Art of Sunga and Kushana (iii) Terracotta Art of Gupta Chapter VI Technical Studies and their Correlation with Present Day Techniques Chapter VII Socio-Economic and Religious Life as Gleaned from the Terracottas Chapter VIII Conclusion Bibliography Index

Urmila Sant (b. 1959) did her B.A. from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.) and M.A. from Delhi University, Delhi in 1981. She obtained her Post-Graduate Diploma in Archaeology from Archaeological Survey of India in 1981-82. Since than she has been actively associated with the Archaeological Survey of India in carrying out archaeological research in various fields. She contributed in the preparation of Daimabad Excavation report. She has actively participated in various excavation conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India, viz. Ramapuram (Andhara Pradesh), Lalkot (Delhi) and Dholavira (Gujarat). Her first book Neolithic Settlement Pattern of North-Eastern and Northern India was widely appreciated. She further made significant contribution in the field of ?Terracotta Art of Rajasthan? for which was awarded Ph. D. Degree from Patna University (Patna) in 1995. She has to her credit, many research articles published in various journals, felicitation and commemoration volumes. Dr. Sant has worked in the capacity of Dy. S.A. in Museum Branch, Delhi Circle, and is presently working in the Institute of Archaeology, under Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi. She is at present engaged in her new work entitled ?Terracotta Art: Later Gupta Period Onwards.?

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