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Our
Museum
has priceless examples of clay pottery, glazed
and unglazed, from all over India. Most notable
are: clay pottery and toys in the Mohenjodaro
tradition, maintained by the Muslim potters of
Lahore (Pakistan) till 1954; clay figurines of
Hindu deities Shiva and Paravti and allied figurines
created by Himachal housewives for personal worship
on the Hariyali teej festival in August-September;
painted clay pots from Ramtirth near Amritsar
in Punjab; and the remarkable glazed pottery from
Sindh which is not widely known.
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