Terracotta plaques and figurines are known from the later part of the 19 century from a number of archaeological sites of West Bengal. Sites like Pandu Rajar Dhibi, Chandraketugarh, Tamluk, Harinarayanpur, or Panna evoke memories of a vibrant artistic tradition that goes back to the Second Millennium B.C. and remained active till the 6 Century A.D. The State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal is one of the most important repositories of early Bengal Terracottas. Though largely unknown to the connoisseurs of Indian Art, the collection is accessible to the small community of museum professionals. This volume brings together for the first time all the available information with sensitive black and white illustration of these early Bengal Terracottas. This is an important addition to the existing literature on early Indian Art.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gautam Sengupta
Gautam Sengupta is currently the Director of Archaeology and Museums, Government of West Bengal and the Secretary. Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Kolkata. He completed his Phd from the University of Calcutta and taught at Visva Bhaarati, Santiniketan, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong between 1979-90. He was a Charles Wallace Visiting Fellow of the Ancient India and Iran Trust at Cambridge in 1995, a Visiting Scholar, Maisson Science de L’homme Paris, as well as President, Archaeology Section of the Indian History Congress, Calcutta Session (1995). His main area of research relates to historical archaeology and art history of Eastern and North-eastern India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sharmi Chakraborty
Sharmi Chakraborty is a Fellow at the Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Eastern India. She is working on archaeology of early historic Bengal.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sima Roy Chowdhury
Sima Roy Chowdhury was a Fellow at the Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Eastern India. Her area of specialization is the early narrative art of India.
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