As
a part of the for the current unit of inquiry under the TD Theme ‘ Where we
are in place and time’ we planned a visit to the National Museum, where they observed a collection of the
antiquities excavated from both, the pre-Indus sites, the post-Indus, like
Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro and Chanhudaro. They also saw antiquities
of the late and post-Harappan phase recovered from Harappa, Jhukar, Shahi Tump
and others. Most of them are primarily functional objects like the painted
earthen vessels, but each piece reveals the face of art. Some objects, such as
the bronze Dancing Girl recovered from Mohenjo-Daro, or the priest’s steatite
statues, reveal a more decisive creative endeavour. The Indus glyptic art, the
cultic imagery in special, whatever its medium, soft stone, clay or metal, seem
to have been the works of a school specially founded for art.
It was a great learning experience!!!
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