Harappan Terracotta Art

About the Book

Harappan Civilization was a contemporary of Mesopotamian and Egypt. Harappan traders were having their colony at Ur & Kish (Mesopotamia) and they were having long-distance trade with west & central Africa.

This book presents a detailed documentation work of Harappan terracotta Art which includes a collection mostly of India and few rare items from Pakistan. The Volume covers the Harappan terracotta’s, Male, Female, Animal, Bird & other terracotta object figurines. This book is digital photo documentation of 180 rare Harappan terracotta objects.

There are eight chapters in this volume. The first chapter is on the Harappan civilization.

The second chapter is on excavated Harappan sites. Till today we have excavated 212 Harappan sites in south Asia. The third chapter presents the catalog data of female terracotta’s. The fourth chapter is detailed catalog data of Male terracotta figurines. The Fifth chapter is on Harappan Animal figurines. The Sixth chapter is on miniature terracotta’s Birds figurines. The Seventh chapter is on other terracotta objects and the eighth chapter is on the list of Harappan sites. At the end, there is Harappan Bibliography.

About the Author

Dr. D.P. Sharma is an Archaeologist, Musicologist and Art historian. He did his M.A: in Ancient history from Allahabad University and D.phil. research on Art and Architecture of lower Ganga-Yamuna doab region from the University of Allahabad. From 1980 to 1985 he was working as a Registering officer Antiquities at Allahabad and Varanasi regions. During 1983-84 he was awarded a commonwealth scholarship and he qualified M.A. Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. He did excavation at Sussex (U.K.) and inclement (France) under Dr. Mark Newcomer and Prof. Gourhan. In 2004 he visited South Africa and participated in the excavation at Swartkrans cave under Prof. Clark. Since 1985-2005 he had been working as head of Harappan and prehistoric collection of National Museum, New Delhi. He became Associate Professor & H.O.D. Musicology in the National Museum Institute in 2005. Dr. Sharma has published 212 Papers and 40 Books in which few are as below: Panorama of Harappan Civilization, Early Harappan, and Indus Sarasvati Civilization Vol. I & II, Harappan Art, Late Harappan and decline, Glimpses of Harappan Civilization, Prehistoric Art and Archaeology Vol. I, Gupta Classical Art, Harappan Minor Art & Crafts, Harappan Jeweler, Harappan Terracotta, Harappan Seals, Harappan Potteries, Garuda in Asian Art, Harappan Architecture, Copper Hoard Weapons of South Asia, Musicology for Beginners, Fundamentals of Musicology, Decipherment of Harappan Script 2 vols., Religion and Social System of Harappan, Antiquity Laws and Museum-Administration, O.C.P. & Copper Hoard (end), Harappan script on its way to Decipherments, Harappan Science & Metal Technology, Archaeology of lower Doab, Vol. I & II, Lost Sarswati Civilization, Bharat Ka Puratattva (Hindi), Mauryan Art, Allahabad through the Ages (ed.) and Roots of South Asian Art Vol. I & II, Mathura Kusan Art Vol. I, II & III (press). At present, he is working As Director in Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, and Varanasi.