The Magic in the Image : Women in Clay at Mohenjodaro and Harappa /

The Magic in the Image : Women in Clay at Mohenjodaro and Harappa /

Hundreds of clay figurines of women, and their fragments, were found in the remains of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, major cities of the Indus civilization, but almost none in the other Harappan towns or villages. What could be the explanation? This study begins with the background: the archaeological h...

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Main Author: Ratnagar, Shereen (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2018.

Subjects:

Clay figurines > Catalogs.
Clay figurines > India > History > To 1500.
Clay figurines > Pakistan > History > To 1500.
Indus civilization.
Magic, Ancient.
Women in art.

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Call Number: DS392.2.H3

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Figures /
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  • Acknowledgements /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Marshall's Thesis and His Sources in Later Perspective /
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  • The Social Background of the Figurines: Popular Religion /
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  • Parallels in Egyptian Religion and Clay Figurines /
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  • The Attributes of the Female Figurines /
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  • The Distribution of the Female Figurines in the Two Cities /
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  • Who Made the Figurines? /
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  • Figurines, Magic and Cult in a Changing World /
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  • Catalogue /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
  • Shereen Ratnagar.