Site Name: Kausambi
Date: ca 400- 599 CE
Subject: Female head
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
The enormous collection of terracotta art of the Allahabad Museum allows us a deep insight into the socio-cultural life of Kausambi and other nearby archaeological sites, examples from where are largely included in this collection. The objects demonstrate a wide variety of themes depicted in clay, ranging from the images of deities to royal couples, mythological stories, common beings, toys, animals, portrait heads and even rare depiction of human anatomy. The objects were recovered from different cultural layers during excavation of Kausambi and other sites in and around Allahabad region.