Art Of Sindhu-Saraswati Civilization (Set of 4 Volumes)

This book "Art of Sindhu Saraswati Civilization" is in four parts. First part covers stone, Bronze miniature figurines, part second is on Terracotta Art, Part third is on seals, Part fourth is on Jewellery. This book is pictorial documentation work of rare Art object of Sindhu Saraswati Civilization which are mostly in collection of India. U.K., Bostan (U.S.A.) and Pakistan. The Volume I is on Sindhu- Saraswati Art of stone, copper and miniature figurings. The most beautiful of all the figurines found at Mohenjodaro are two small figurines in of a dancing girl in bronze. The other rare bronze figurines are buffalos from Mohenjodaro and Bull from Kalibangan. This and other figurines of men, women animals, birds and toys were solid cast in bronze by the lost wax or cire Perdue method. There is a finely crafted small buffalo and model of a cart with wheels. There are also bronze mirrors, hairpins and pots and pans. The other huge bronze images of late mature Sindhu Saraswati period (2000-1900 B.C.) are one chariot and three animals from Daimabad. The Volume II of this book is on Sindhu-Saraswati Terracotta Art. "The terracotta art includes human (male and female), animal and bird figures. This art is not always the handiwork of potters. The contribution of both, common man and the artist is also quite evident. The formative stage (8000-3700 B.C.) the terracotta art begins in North West South Asia at Mehrgarh and Bhirrana during the carly Neolithic period 8000-3500 B.C. Crude baked clay terracotta figurines datable between 5000 to 3500 B.C. were reported from Sherikhan Tarakai, Bhimrana and Mehrgarh. The mature Sindhu-Saraswatis first urban stage (3000-1900 B.C.) begins a new era of terracotta art, produced a large variety of terracottas and in great quantities at urban sites like Dholavira, Banawali, Binjor, Rakhigarhi, Khiresara, Baror, Bhirrana, Lothal, Chanhudaro, Kalibangan, Nausharo, Nagwada, Harappa and Mohenjodaro. Most of these are hand-made but the mature Sindhu-Saraswati also rarely used single mould technique and few puppet masks discovered from Mohenjodaro and Harappa were mould made and majority of the Sindhu Saraswati terracottas are, solid. The main features of the Sindhu-Saraswati human figurines are prominent nose formed by pinching, large appliqué eyes, thick lips, elaborate head-dress, heavy ornaments etc. There are five section in this second volume. It covers Female, Male, Animal, Bird & other terracottas figurines. The first section have catalogue data of female figurines. Second section have details description on male figurine. Third section cover on Sindhu-Saraswati Animal figurines. Fourth section is Miniature Bird Figurines, Fifth section cover other terracotta Material. The third volume covers Glyptic art of Harappa Seal and Sealings. The Majority of the mysterious seals, carved on mostly square pieces of steatite, bears engravings of animals with a short inscription. Since the mystery of the script is still on the way to decipherment we do not know what the engravings means. The animals generally include the elephant, the bull and the unicorn. Other seals depict the mother goddess and some ritualistic scenes, which give the impression that the seals, although used as stamps of authority in trade, represented religious symbols used during the rituals. The discovery of long written inscription from left to right and a bilingual inscription could only solve the problem of decipherment of Sindhu-Saraswati script. The recent discovery of an inscribed double-beaded terracotta figurine from Kalibangan gives some impression of a Sindhu-Saraswati script. The fourth volume covers documentation of Sindhu-Saraswati Jewellery item. The craftsmen in the cities of this period worked with gold, silver copper, bronze, shell, paste, Ivory faience and clay to produce all kinds of ornaments. They made beads out of semi precious tone, shell ivory and clay. They used gold and silver to make bracelets, necklaces, bangle from Kunal, Nindowari and Nagawada and these have been ascribed to circa 3000- 2800 B.C. (Early Sindhu-Saraswati Period). The Gold Jewellery of Mature Sindhu-Saraswati period was reported from Mandi, Mohenjodaro, Binjor, Nindowari, Khanak Allahodino, Rakhigarhi, Lothal, Khiresar, Quetta, Dholavira and Harappa.

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