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Author:

Ahuja, Naman P., author.

Title:

Art and archaeology of ancient India : earliest times to the sixth century / Naman P. Ahuja.

Publisher:

Ashmolean Museum,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm

Subject:

Ashmolean Museum--Catalogs.
Ashmolean Museum.
Art, Indic--Catalogs.
Architecture--India--Catalogs.
Material culture--India--Catalogs.
Art, Indic--History.
Arts, Indic--History.
Material culture--South Asia--Catalogs.
India--Antiquities--Catalogs.
South Asia--Antiquities--Catalogs.
Architecture.
Art, Indic.
India.
Catalogs.
Catalogs.

Other Authors:

Ashmolean Museum, issuing body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-298) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The art and archaeology of ancient India. Prehistory ; Proto-history ; Early history up to the Mauryan period ; The post-Mauryan period ; The rise of 'art' : its lexicon and its patrons -- Pre- and proto-historic South Asia -- The Northwest -- North and Central India -- Eastern India and the Deccan -- Miscellanea.

Summary:

The Ashmolean Museum wide ranging collection of the art of the Indian subcontinent includes important holdings of archaeological artefacts and a strong representation of early Indian sculpture in terracotta, stone and other materials dating from before AD 600. These works are fully discussed and illustrated in the present catalogue, with the exception of Buddhist sculpture of the Gandhara region.

ISBN:

1910807176
9781910807170

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1004725640

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)