Arts

The forms of art found from various sites of civilization include sculptures, seals, pottery, gold ornaments, terracotta figures, etc.
Their delineation of human and animal figures was highly realistic in nature.
Modelling of figures was done in an extremely careful manner.
Two major sites of Indus Valley civilization, along the river Indus are: North – cities of Harappa; South – Mohenjo-Daro.

Materials used: Stone, Bronze, Terracotta, Clay etc

Stone Statues:

Stone statues found in Indus valley sites are excellent examples of handling the 3D volume.
Two major stone statues are:

Bearded Man (Priest Man, Priest-King)
Male Torso

Bronze Casting:

Bronze casting was practiced in wide scale in almost all major sites of the civilization.
The technique used for Bronze Casting was Lost Wax Technique.

1. Dancing Girl

2. Bull from Mohenjo-Daro

Terracotta:

Terracotta figures are more realistic in Gujarat sites and sites like Kalibangan

1. Mother Goddess

Seals:

Thousands of seals were discovered from the sites, usually made of steatite, and occasionally of agate, chert, copper, faience and terracotta, with beautiful figures of animals such as unicorn bull, rhinoceros, tiger, elephant, bison, goat, buffalo, etc

For instance: Seals of Pashupati Mahadeva

Pottery:

Indus valley pottery consists of very fine wheel made wares, very few being handmade.
Plain pottery is more common than painted ware

Painted Earthen Jar

Beads, Ornaments and Cosmetics

The Harappan men and women decorated themselves with a large variety of ornaments produced from every conceivable materials ranging from precious metals and gemstones to bone and baked clay.
White necklaces, fillets, armlets and finger rings were commonly worn by both sexes.
Jewellery found at Mohenjo-Daro and Lothal include necklaces of gold and semiprecious metal stones, copper bracelets and beads, gold earrings and head ornaments.
Well developed bead industries were present at Chauhudaro and Lothal.
Some beads were made of two or more stones cemented together.
Also made models of animals, especially monkeys and squirrels, used as pin head and beads.
Spinning of cotton and wool was very common (both rich and poor practiced spinning).
Men and women wore two separate pieces of attire similar to dhoti and shawl.
Shawl covered the left shoulder passing below right arm.
Cinnabar was used as a cosmetic and face-paint, lipstick and collyrium (eyeliner) were also known to them

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