Detailed Classification Of Terracotta Decorations




Categories

Deities Birds Animals
1. Vishnu
2. Incarnations of Vishnu
3. Shiva
4. Brahma
5. Ganesha
6. Kartikeya
7. Indra
8. Durga
9. Other Goddesses
10. Kali
11. Folk Deities

1. Goose
2. Peacock
3. Parrots
4. Pigeon


1. Horses
2. Lions and Elephants
3. Monkeys
4. Other animals
5. Aquatic animals
Accessory Figures Vegetal Ornaments Courtly Scenes
1. Warriors and Guardians
2. Dancers and Musicians
3. Ascetics and elderly man
4. Attendant Women
5. Erotic Couples
6. Europeans
7. Human - Animal Motif
8. Hybrid creature
9. Monsters
1. Lotus Medallions
2. Floral Medallions
3. Petal Motifs
4. Palmettes
5. Inter faced and looped stalks
6. Meandering stalks on scroll
    works or with leaves
7. Meandering stalks with
    tendrils
8. Flowers and Leaves
9. Foliate Panels
10. Bunched Leaves
11. Geometric designs.
1. Courtly Scenes
2. Hunting Scenes
3. Boating Scenes
4. Meritime Scenes

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Details of KRISHNA Legand

1. Krishna Plays the Flute
2. Krishna with Radha and Gopis
3. Gopis
4. Depiction of episode from Krishna story
5. Birth of Krishna and escape from Kansa's palace
6. Exchange of babies and slaughter of babies
7. Purification and Celebration
8. Killing Putana and Trinavarta
9. Stealing of butter, kicking the cart, pulling morter
10. Pastoral scenes
11. Subjugation of Serpent Kaliya
12. Killing of Crone and Pythone demon
13. Submission of Brahama
14. Uplifting mount Gobardhana
15. Drinking of forest fire
16. Krishna up on tree
17. Gopies present Curds
18. Crossing of Jamuna
19. Departure for Mathura
20. Killing bull, horse, elephant demons
21. Krishna is welcomed at Mathura
22. Krishna and Balarama wrestle with bodyguard
23. Death of Kansa
24. Churning of Ocean

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Details of RAMAYANA Scenes

1. Early episodes and Forest
2. Abduction of Sita
3. Sita in captivity
4. Preparation for battle
5. Battle Scenes
6. Monkey fighters
7. Purification of Sita
8. Rama and Sita enthroned

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