Treasures of the Heras Institute

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This beautiful collection of antiquities collected by a renowned scholar-Fr Henry Heras, was known only to a few scholars till today. For the first time now it is being placed before all after systematically classifying it and setting it up in a small museum at the Heras Institute. The Catalogue includes some very interesting pieces of both Mesopotamian and Indian antiquities. Fr. Heras’ visits to Mesopotamia for a comparative study ;of the two cultures, enabled him to bring from there many cylindrical seals and terracottas of great antiquity, some of which are illustrated here. One of the attractive and elaborate sections is that of the Gandhara sculptures incorporating representations of the scenes like Amrapali donating the Amravana to the Buddha, beautiful dancers and musicians etc. Besides many other sculptures metal images from Gujarat, Rajasthan and South India and the Christian works of art in ivory and wood, form a fairly representative collection of Indian images. The book illustrates 122 choice pieces interesting both for the lovers of art and students of Indology.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kalpana Desai

Dr KALPANA S DESAI has done her doctorate under the late DrMotichandra. She is the author of a well received book on the Iconography of Visnu and has contributed several articles in the journals on Indian art. She has worked as an Asst. Editor of Lalit Kala for some time and at present she is the Hon. Curator of the Heras Institute where she has classified and catalogued the antiquities and set up a small museum. She is also a post-graduate lecturer in the Dept. of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the University of Bombay.

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Title
Treasures of the Heras Institute
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8170170435
Length
35p.
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