HARAPPAN ART (Stone, Bronze Images)
The present book the Harappan stone and Bronze Images covers Stone, Bronze, Faience & Steatite images. Harappan Civilization was a Contemporary Mesopotamian. and Egyptian civilization Harappan traders were having their colonies at Ur and Kish in Mesopotamia and they were had long. distance trade. Art historians like Chudamani Nandgopal named Harappan Art as Industrial Art however this term is most appropriate. for Seals, Shells, Jewellery, Ivory, copper etc. We can not call stone. Bronze and terracotta figurines as Industrial art. These are basic decorative items of the Harappan civilization. According to Author and. Jaya Menon most appreciate term for these object is Minor Arts Crafts of Harappan civilization. This book is documentation work of Harappan' The Harappan stone and Bronze images which includes collection, mostly of India and Pakistan. There are eight chapters in this book. The first chapter is on the Harappan civilization according to the author it hardly matters if we name it. This civilization Harappan or Indus Sarasvati civilization its meaning is the same. The Harappan stone Art is not monumental. The famous stone bust of a bearded man clad in embroidered shawl with a trefoil motif from Mohenjodaro and. a similar headless priest from Dholavira male torso and a dancer from Harappa is a unique examples of stone art. Fourth chapter details. the description of copper and bronze figurine. Most beautiful are two dancing girl and Buffaloes from Mohenjodaro and Bull from Kalibangan all made in Bronze. Fifth chapter is on Harappan Faience figurines. Six chapters are on Miniature Steatite and Paste Figurines. The seventh chapter is on Shell aid Other Material and the eighth chapter is n the list of Harappan sites. In last, there is Harappan Bibliography.