Indian sculpture evolved with the very first civilization: Indus Valley Civilization. With time the style of the sculpture and architecture has metamorphosed. The Indian sculptors have successfully picked up these changes and presented Indian sculpture wrapped in contemporary taste. In an attempt to trace the history of sculpture and sculptors one needs to go back to the Harappan civilisation. This was more an urban set up where the cities were well planned and simple. But it was the pottery, sculptural reliefs, seals and other handiworks. The bronze sculptures from Indus Valley Civilisation were as impressive as their well laid out cities.

With the emergence of temple building the sculptors created beautiful relief works in order to decorate the temples. However the identities of these India sculptors remained unknown. It was in some of the Pattadakal temples that one comes across the names of the artists. One such name that appears in the Virupaksha Temple is that of Gundan Anivaritachari. In ancient India this was a rare phenomenon.

However with time notions like individuality sprang up. With it came the art of signing a particular work of art. It was done to provide recognition to the sculptors and other artisans.

India has a come a long way since the temple building days. The contemporary sculptures include sand sculptures and various kinds of metal sculptures. Some of the celebrated Indian sculptors are as follows:

Sankho Chaudhry	Dhruva Mistry	Somnath Hore	Kishore Nagappa
Anish Kapoor	Sadanand Bakre	Subodh Kerkar