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Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: A male rider on a fully caparisoned horse, Right profile view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: A male rider on a fully caparisoned horse, Front view from right side. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: A male rider on a fully caparisoned horse, Left profile view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter, an important trade center on the ancient Maritime Silk route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, which has been mentioned in The Periplus of Erythrean sea (The periplus is a logbook recording sailing itineraries and commercial, political and ethnographic details about the ports visited. The Periplus of Erythrean sea is a Greco Roman periplus that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along Red Sea, ports along Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Arabian sea and Indian Ocean, which included modern Sindh region of Pakistan and Southwestern regions of India). Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: A male rider on a fully caparisoned horse, Back view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Lower half of a female figure draped in a transparent saree. Front view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Lower half of a female figure draped in a transparent saree. Back view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female torso. Sculptural fragment of female torso, holding cup in her right hand. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Elephant rider. Male rider with elephant goad (ankusha) sited on a fully caparisoned elephant. Profile view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Elephant rider. Male rider with elephant goad (ankusha) sited on a fully caparisoned elephant. Profile view. IIt was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Mother and Child. Votive figurine depicting a woman holding a child on left hip. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Mother and Child. Votive figurine depicting a woman holding a child on left hip. Back view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Mother and Child. Votive figurine depicting a woman holding a child on left hip. Profile view. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female staff-bearer. Female figure holding presumably a wooden staff, Front view. It is possible that this could be a Tree spirit deity / woman / dryad entwining a tree ( Salabhanjika figure ). It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female staff-bearer. Female figure holding presumably a wooden staff, Profile view from left side. It is possible that this could be a Tree spirit deity / woman / dryad entwining a tree ( Salabhanjika figure ). It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female staff-bearer. Female figure holding presumably a wooden staff, Profile view from right side. It is possible that this could be a Tree spirit deity / woman / dryad entwining a tree ( Salabhanjika figure ). It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female staff-bearer. Detailed view of the face of female figure holding presumably a wooden staff. It is possible that this could be a Tree spirit deity / woman / dryad entwining a tree ( Salabhanjika figure ). It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female figure. Female figurine in squatting posture, Front view. The figure holds on its right hand a bunch of fruits, possibly mangoes; and a bird perched on her left arm. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Female figure. Female figurine in squatting posture, Back view. The figure holds on its right hand a bunch of fruits, possibly mangoes; and a bird perched on her left arm. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Heavily adorned male figure in squatted position. Front view. The headless figure, possibly of a child, holds a bunch of mangoes in its right hand, while a parrot sits on its left hand. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Heavily adorned male figure in squatted position. Back view. The headless figure, possibly of a child, holds a bunch of mangoes in its right hand, while a parrot sits on its left hand. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Male figure in squatted position. Front view. The figure has long pleated hair tied into a knot, and a parrot is shown seated on its left hand. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter, an important trade center on the ancient Maritime Silk route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, which has been mentioned in The Periplus of Erythrean sea (The periplus is a logbook recording sailing itineraries and commercial, political and ethnographic details about the ports visited. The Periplus of Erythrean sea is a Greco Roman periplus that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along Red Sea, ports along Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Arabian sea and Indian Ocean, which included modern Sindh region of Pakistan and Southwestern regions of India). Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

Site Name: Ter

Date: ca 99 BCE - 299 CE

Subject: Male figure in squatted position. Profile view from left side. The figure has long pleated hair tied into a knot, and a parrot is shown seated on its left hand. It was executed in a double-mold technique of casting that was popular during the Satavahana period from 99 BCE - 299 CE. The sculpture was discovered at Ter in Maharashtra, an important trade centre on the ancient Maritime Silk Route. Ter has been identified as Tagara, mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus (travel-log) that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports along the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern Sindh region of Pakistan and the southwestern regions of India. Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.

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