Nani Rayan

SR No.: 001481
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Pulin Vasa
Publisher: Kalikal Sarvagya Shri Hemchandracharya Navam Janmashatabdi Smruti Sanskar Shikshannidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 66
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Art, & Culture
File Size: 9 MB

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I have found some very interesting terracotta figurines from the site of Nani Rayan. There are both elementary forms and highly evolved artistic sculptures. 1 A human figure (75 x 35 x 20 mm) with broken hands and legs. It has a strange flat shape with
only two small hole-indicating eyes. A Big bellied figure with a waistband the head and upper part of body and a part of the lower
limbs is missing Both these figurine belong to the elementary form. 1 A lovely female Head. (51 x 44 x 26 mm) It is red colored with fine red slip the
lady has a large forehead and has long Pendants in her ears. Dr Sonavane. (Head of the dept of field Archeology Ms University) has identified this as a Kushan Sculpture.
(A Personal Communication) 2 A female head. (31 x 22 x 26 mm). It is a red sculpture with curly hair, Slit like
eyes, and broad nose. It appears to be a Negro woman. The bottom of the sculpture is flattened. I have found five sculptures where the bottom is flat four of them are made of stone and this one just described is terracotta. Dr Sonavane believes that they can possibly be the pawns of chess.
A god figure (41 x 26 x 16 mm) A red colored statue with a large belly long ears and a conical headgear. 4 Fragment of a head (45 x 30 x 15 mm) It is a relief sculpture, red in color with a four
tired crown, large round eyes.
A red colored statue of a round faced Chinese man. It appears like the statue of smiling Buddha. It is 37 x 27 x 20 mm in size.
Torso of a man.(82 x 40 x 35 mm) This is a robust red colored sculpture
fragment. Although the head left hand and lower part of the body is missing it still looks grand. There are two rows of ornaments in the neck; the upper one looks like a chain
while the lower one appears like a necklace Stone Sculptures: Flat-bottomed Heads:
I have found three human heads in stone where the bottom of the sculpture is flat. All the three are having a different style and distinct workmen ship. A A Shivling like Shape (30 x 22 mm).A feminine face with earrings is carved on
one surface of the cylinder.
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