Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Material and technique. 2. Bone and Ivory in epigraphs and literature. 3. The Harappan bone and ivory carvings. 4. Neolithic and chalcolithic bone and ivory carvings. 5. Pre-christian era bone and ivory carvings. 6. Kusana bone and ivory carvings. 7. Gupta and post Gupta bone and ivory carvings. 8. Early mediaeval bone and ivory carvings. 9. Mediaeval ivory and bone carvings. 10. Modern bone and ivory carvings. Bibliography. Index.