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Catalogue of the Collection of the Harisingh Gour Archaeological Museum of Sagar University

Catalogue of the Collection of the Harisingh Gour Archaeological Museum of Sagar University

$106
Author:S K Bajpai and Zsuzsanna Renner
ISBN 13:9788172113216
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2012
Pages:x+164pp.,
Published On:1st January 2012
Subject:Art and Archaeology/Archaeology

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CONTENTS: Introduction: The Impolrtance of the Art of Madhya Pradesh and Sagar, Description of the Museum's Collections, Sculptures, Archaeological Material, Coins, Seals and Sealings, Inscriptions, Paintings, Terracottas, Descriptions of Selected Sculptures: Male Torso, Indrani with a child between her feet (fragment), Gajalaksmi, Bust of Dvarapala (door guardian), Upper moulding of a door frame with a human face in the middle and lion faces on either side, Nrvaraha, delivering the golddess Earth, Nrsimha, Fragment olf a decorated coping stone, Window, Ardhanarisvara, Jambhala, Thrthankara Parsvanatha, Inscribed slab showing a royal couple, Four-sided (sarvatobhadra) sculpture with Mahesa, Urdhvaretas (ithyphallic) Lakutisa, seated on lotus, Mahisasuramardini, Saptamatrka (Seven Mothers) panel, Kaumari with peacock, Varahi standing on a tortoise, Bust of Nagaraja, Fragment of a door jamb showing the river goddess, loving couples and creeper, Laksmi-Narayana, Twenty-armed Durga, Four-armed Agni, Vayu, Battle scene with Siva linga worship, Panel with the nine planet deities (Navagraha), Architectural piece with Surya, Left door jamb of a gateway with the river goddess Yamuna and erotic figures, Parvati holding Siva linga and Ganesa, Sixteen-armed Camunda, Lintel showing the Sun god, Navagraha (the nine planet deities) and Saptamatrka (the Seven Mothers), Decorated pillar showing Uma-Mahesvara, procession scene and battle scene, Sati stone, Serpent mother (Nagi) holding a child, Four-amred Ksetrapala with a dog, List of Sculptures Exhibited at the Harisingh Gour Archaeological Museum, References, Index.