Terracotta Art of Satavahana

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Satavahanas who ruled Deccan for a long time during the early centuries of Christian era brought consolidation in many spheres. Terracotta art flourished during that period was unsurpassed. There was a spectacular and unprecedented growth of terracotta industry during that period not only due to artistic taste of the people but also due to great demand from the maritime trade from the western world. This period is specially marked by its creative activity in adopting new techniques in manufacturing of terracotta by adopting double moulds. In fact, terracottas of Satavahana period can easily be distinguished by a common factor of theme, form and style'.

Boddanapalli Siva Rajendra Babu (b. 1947) took his M.A degree in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology from the Andhra Uni versity, Waltair in 1970. The Mysore University awarded him the degree of Ph.D in 1994 for his thesis "Material Culture of Andhradesa (Satavahana Ikshvaku Times)" He was awarded Post-Graduate Diploma in Archaeological from the School of Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India in 1978.

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