[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965) › c19 # Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c19: List of the Half-Tone Plates Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c19 - **Language:** English ### List of the Half-Tone Plates ### [c19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.1) I. The Harappā Citadel: the north-west corner during excavation. ### [c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.2) II. View from the northern end of the Harappā Citadel looking towards the working-platforms and the old river bed. ### [c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.3) III-XV. Representative seals from Harappā, Mohenjo-daro and Lothal. ### [c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.4) XVI. Silver vase with lid. No. DK 1341. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.5) XVII. Bronze buffalo. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.6) XVIII. Bronze goat. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.7) XIX. Bronze dancer. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.8) XX. Crude Bronze girl. Front. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.9) XXI. Same. Back. ### [c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.10) XXII-XXIII. Two copper statuettes in round. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.11) XXIV. Copper spear-head. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.12) XXV. Copper dog. Lothal. ### [c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.13) XXVI-XXX. Group of stone objects. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.14) XXXII. Faience monkey. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.15) XXXIII. Mother with children. Terracotta. Harappa. ### [c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.16) XXXIV. Seated terracotta figure. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.17) XXXV. Ring-stone and other objects. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.18) XXXVI. Chess-man like stone object. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.19) XXXVII. Faience ram. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.20) XXXVIII. Terracotta crouching monkey. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.21) XXXIX. Terracotta mother goddess. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.22) XL. Stone gratings. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.23) XLI. Terracotta female bust with the cup-like feature attached to the left of the head. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.24) XLII. Terracotta bust. Frofile. Zhob. ### [c19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.25) XLIII. Same. Front. ### [c19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.26) XLIV-V. Painted pot-sherds. Mohenjo-daro. ### [c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.27) XLVI. Pottery design. Harappa. ### [c19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.28) XLVII. Ancient punch-marked coins with punched symbols. 4-5th cent. B. C. ### [c19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.29) XLVIII. Banyan capital. From Besnagar. 3rd cent. B. C. IMC. ### [c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.30) IL. Tripartite Yaksha. From Rajghat. Courtesy: Bharat Kala Bhavan. 3rd cent. B.C. ### [c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.31) L. Barrel-shaped ring-stone. Negative. From Rajghat. Courtesy: Bharat Kala Bhavan. 4th-3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.32) LI. Same. Positive. ### [c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.33) LII. Wooden palisade. Bulandibāgh, Patna. C. latter part of 4th century B. C. ### [c19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.34) LIII. Polished pedestal of a capital. Rāmpurwā. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.35) LIV. Rāmpurwā Bull Capital. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.36) LV. Lion Capital. Sarnath. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.37) LVI. Close-up view of the Facade. Lomas Rishi Cave. Barabar Hills. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.38) LVII. Stone head. Pataliputra. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.39) LVIII. Yaksha statue. From near Bombay. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.40) LIX. Yakshī statue from Mehrauli, near Delhi. Buff-coloured sandstone. 3rd-2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.41) LX. Domukhī Devī. Yakshī statue. Front view from west. 2nd cent. B.C. ### [c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.42) LXI. Vajrāsana Throne. Bodhgaya temple. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.43) LXII. Stone railing. Pataliputra. 3rd cent. B. C. ### [c19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.44) LXIII. Reconstructed railing of the Mathura Jaina Devanirmita Stūpa. See pp. 218 ff. Inside Lucknow Museum. ### [c19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.45) LXIV. Stone railing. Bodhgaya. 2nd-1st cent. B. C. ### [c19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.46) LXV. Reconstructed Stone Railing of the Bharhut Stūpa. Inside Indian Museum, Calcutta. 2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.47) LXVI. Laughing boy. Terracotta. Patna. 2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.48) LXVII. Terracotta female figure. Bulandibāgh. 2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.49) LXVIII. Terracotta Mother Goddess. Mathura. ### [c19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.50) LXIX. Terracotta female torso. Golakhpur. C. 200 B. C. ### [c19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.51) LXX. Sudarśanā Yakshī. From Bharhut Stūpa. Now Ind. Mus. ### [c19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.52) LXXI. Chulakokā Devatā. Railing Pillar. From Bharhut Stūpa. Now National Mus. ### [c19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.53) LXXII. Fragmentary pillar showing an acrobatic scene. From Bharhut Stūpa. Now Allahabad Municipal Museum. ### [c19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.54) LXXIII-IV. Rail medallions. From Bharhut. ### [c19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.55) LXXV. Left Pillar. East Gate. South face. Great Stūpa. Sanchi. ### [c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.56) LXXVI. Right Pillar. South Gate. East face. Great Stūpa. Sanchi. ### [c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.57) LXXVII. Architraves. Eastern Gateway. View from north-east. Great Stūpa. Sanchi. ### [c19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.58) LXXVIII. Gateway. View looking south after restoration of the Stūpa behind. Stūpa III. Sanchi. ### [c19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.59) LXXIX. Capital of West Gateway, showing figures of dwarfs. Great Stūpa. Sanchi. ### [c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.60) LXXX. Panel showing lions. Lowest of the right pillar. West Gate. Front view. Great Stūpa. Sanchi. ### [c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.61) LXXXI. Bull Terracotta. From Kosam. Śuṅga. ### [c19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.62) LXXXII. Female bust. Terracotta. Hastināpur (Period III). ### [c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.63) LXXXIII-IV. Māndhātā in Uttarakuru. Bhājā. 2nd cent. B. C. For identification of the reliefs see pp. 191-2. ### [c19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.64) LXXXV. Sculptures on northern wall of ornamented Vihāra No. 20. From South. Bhaja. 2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.65) LXXXVI. First sculpture from north in the wall of the verandah facing west. Vihāra No. 20. Bhaja, Poona. 2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.66) LXXXVII. Showing perforated window and warrior. Verandah. On the wall, facing west. Vihāra No. 20. Bhaja, Poona. 2nd cent. B. C. ### [c19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.67) LXXXVIII. Arched entrance and the facade with lion-capitalled pillar from west. Chaitya Cave. Karle, Poona. 1st cent. B. C. ### [c19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.68) LXXXIX. Carved friezes. Upper Verandah. Rāṇīgumphā. Udaigiri. 1st cent. B.C. ### [c19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.69) XC. Bull rider. Mathura. Pre-Kuṣhāṇa. ### [c19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.70) XCI. Yaksha blowing a conch. Mathura. Pre-Kuṣhāṇa. ### [c19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.71) XCII-XCIII. Two human torsos. Probobly two of the Five Vṛiṣhṇi Heroes. From Mora, Mathura. 1st cent. B. C. ### [c19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.72) XCIV. Male head. From Mathura. Now in the Budapest Museum. Kuṣhāṇa. ### [c19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.73) XCV. Female syrinx-player. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.74) XCVI. Female bust (Ht. 14. cm.). Mathura. Bejoy Singh Nahar Collection. Ind. Mus. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.75) XCVII. Mithuna couple. From Mathura. Patna Mus. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.76) XCVIII. Male head. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.77) IC. Lady coaxing a parrot. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.78) C. Female bust. From Mathura Dt. Now in Boston Museum. Kuṣāṇa or earlier. ### [c19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.79) CI-CIV. Toraṇa architraves. Buddhist. Mus. No. M3. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.80) CV. Fragment of a frieze showing garland bearers above and some ascetic story below. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.81) CVI. Railing pillar carved with a boy identified as Ṛiśyaśṛiṅga. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.82) CVII-CXI. Architectural fragments with carvings. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.83) CXII. Standing Bodhisattva. Inscribed in Kanishka's reign. From Set-Mahet. Now in Ind. Mus. ### [c19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.84) CXIII. Standing Bodhisattva. Inscribed in the 2nd year of Kanishka's reign. From Kosam. Allahabad Museum. 79 or 121 A. D. ### [c19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.85) CXIV. Seated Bodhisattva. Inscribed. From Katra, Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. See pp. 242-4. ### [c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.86) CXV. Durgā, seated on lion. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.87) CXVI. Kubera with his two consorts, Lakṣmī and Hāritī. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.88) CXVII. Rape of Ganymede. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.89) CXVIII. Aśoka tree. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. ### [c19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.90) CXIX. Railing cross-bar medallion. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. Now Boston Museum. ### [c19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.91) CXX-CXXII. Silver dishes. From somewhere in the North-West. CXXII. in Svetislav Roerich Collection. ### [c19.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.92) CXXIII. Silver dish representing India. From Lampsacos; now in the Istanbul Museum. 2nd cent. A. D. Courtesy : Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul. ### [c19.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.93) CXXIV-V. Jewellery. From Taxila. Nos. 247, 249. ### [c19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.94) CXXVI. Buddha with worshippers. From Takht-i-Bahai. Peshawar Mus. ### [c19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.95) CXXVII. Gautama fasting as Bodhisattva. From Sikri. Lahore Mus. ### [c19.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.96) CXXVIII. Siddhārta with an ascetic and Vajrapāṇi. Gandhāra. Peshawar Mus. CXXIX-CXXXI. Heads from Gandhara. Stucco. 4-5th cent. A. D. CXXXII. Bodhisattva Maitreya. Gandhara. Stucco. 5th cent. A. D. CXXXIII. Ornamented Buddha-pada. Amaravati. Early Period. Courtesy : British Mus. CXXXIV. Pūrṇa Ghaṭa slab. Amaravati. Early Period. CXXXV. Sculptured scene on part of railing pillar. Amaravati. Second Period. Courtesy : British Mus. CXXXVI. Male colossal Bust. More than life-size. Nagarjunikonda. 3rd-4th cent. A. D. CXXXVII. Female Bust. Nagarjunikonda. 3rd-4th cent. A. D. CXXXVIII. Yakṣhī figure. Nagarjunikonda. CXXXIX. Worship of Buddha-throne and Dharmachakra. Nagarjunikonda. ### [c19.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19.97) I am deeply indebted to the Archaeological Survey of India for photographs reproduced here. Wherever the source is other than the ASI, due acknowledgments are made in their proper place. ## Linked texts (1) - [Lomas Rishi Cave](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.lomas-rishi-cave) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c19) · Pramāṇa