Sandstone
2nd century CE
India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
National Museum, New Delhi
Details
Culture/Civilisation
Ancient India
Theme
Ancient Societies
Subtheme
Courtship, Marriage and Family
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Findspot
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
Accession Number
J-16
Description
Richly adorned with a heavy beaded girdle, headdress and other ornaments, a woman is seeing playing with a little child, while another more simply dressed woman, probably an attendant, looks upon them from behind a curtain. Figures of women carved into the railing pillars of sites in Mathura are believed to be yakshis, nature spirits associated with fertility and prosperity.
