Terra-cotta was the medium of expression for the common people. The most prolific centres of its production were Ahichchhatra, Mathura, Kaushambi, Bhita and Rajghat in U.P., Pataliputra, Buxar and Vaishali in Bihar, Bangarh, Mahasthan and Tamralipti in Bengal, Taxila in north-west, and Kondapur in Andhra Pradesh.
There were objects in terra-cotta intended mainly for domestic worship and household decoration, for children’s toys, and for popular religious and magical practices.
The typical Sunga terra-cottas were made from single moulds, and probably such moulds were carried and dispersed widely between the Ganges delta in the east and north-west. Here too in the north-west some typical Greek features occur, with the introduction of double moulding and several typical Hellenistic types.