Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c16.107

c16.107

Thus the art of Indian clay-figurines is of respectable antiquity and illustrated by a mass of material of much historical and cultural value. The varied life of the people through the ages was documented in this medium. The art developed close to the soil and served as a popular means of diversion and decoration. By its easy availability and low price, by the pliability of its material, and the ease with which a number of specimens could be produced from a single mould, this art held the affection of the people far more than twenty centuries, and may be expected to play a role of even greater importance in the future renaissance of Indian art.