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The Didarganj Yakshi was excavated on the banks of the Ganges River, at the hamlet of Didarganj Kadam Rasual, northeast of the Qadam-i-Rasul Mosque in Patna City, on 18 October 1917 by the villagers and by the noted archaeologist and historian, Professor J N Samaddar [16] Professor Samaddar, with the help of the then president of Patna Museum Committee and member of Board of Revenue, Mr. E. H ...
Didarganj Yakshi with fly-whisk (chauri) is held in the right hand whereas the left hand is broken, in the Bihar Museum.. In July 2011, the Bihar Government signed a Memorandum of understanding with Canada-based consultancy firm Lord Cultural Resources in July 2011 [11] to appoint them as the museum planning consultants for the project.
Didarganj Yakshi is a fine example of Mauryan art. The sculpture is currently housed in the Patna Museum, [10] and is India's most famous piece of art. Agam Kuan, which means "unfathomable well", is said to date back to the period of the Maurya emperor Ashoka. The well is located east of Patna. [11] [12]
A Didarganj Yakshi statue, discovered on a Ganges riverbank in 1917, was the museum's most prized collection, [1] which was later shifted to Bihar Museum. The artefacts from ancient India era to 1764 are kept in Bihar Museum [12] and those of post-1764 period are kept at Patna Museum.
The first sculptures in Bihar date back to the Mauryan Empire. The Pillars of Ashoka, Masarh lion and Didarganj Yakshi are estimated to be at least 2000 years old, and were carved out of a single piece of stone. [24] Ancient statues are found throughout Bihar. Some of these sculptures were made from bronze, an advanced technique at that time.
The Didarganj Yakshi, although claimed by some as an example of Mauryan art [27] is generally dated to the 2nd century CE, based on the analysis of shape and ornamentation. [28] [29] [22] This life-size standing image is tall, well-proportioned, free-standing sculpture is made of sandstone with well polished surface. [30]
Later large scale sculpture remains almost exclusively religious, and generally rather conservative, often reverting to simple frontal standing poses for deities, though the attendant spirits such as apsaras and yakshi often have sensuously curving poses. Carving is often highly detailed, with an intricate backing behind the main figure in high ...
The Lohanipur torso is a damaged statue of polished sandstone, dated to the 3rd century BCE ~ 2nd century CE, found in Lohanipur village, a central Division of Patna, ancient Pataliputra, Bihar, India. [1] There are some claims however for a later date (not earlier than the Kushana period), as well as of Graeco-Roman influence in the sculpting. [2]