Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c16.49
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c16.49
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Like Kosam, Mathurā is another big centre of terracotta finds in the Gangetic Valley. Grey figurines, both male and female, of the pre-Kushāṇa period abound and amongst them is a female type fabricated according to an early "Mother Goddess" tradition.³ Broadly speaking the Mathurā figurines of this group are distinguished by the following features :