In its latest excavation, unearthing terracotta figurines of elephant at 2500-year-old Tarighat site at Durg district, which archaeologists claim, have been once one of the richest international ...
Archaeologists often put faces to names, but now a team has put a face to an ancient lion figurine that was carved 40,000 years ago. An ivory fragment discovered in a German cave has been revealed as ...
In Vastu Shastra, the presence of animal figurines and images is highly valued, with the elephant standing out as a particularly auspicious symbol. Historically, elephants have represented good luck, ...
A very common motif found in Indian art is the lion standing on top of the elephant, defeating it. These images are called the Gaja-Simha images, Gaja meaning the elephant and Simha meaning the lion.