The Harisingh Gour Archaeological Museum of Sagar University is one of the best museums in Madhya Pradesh and has a rare collection of sculptures and antiquities. The sculptural collection of the museum, numbering 501 items, comprises sculpture not only from Sagar District, but also from other important sites in the neighbouring region. A complete list of the sculptures exhibited at the museum is given in the Catalogue along with other necessary details.

The Introduction to the Catalogue highlights the history of the museum, as well as the importance of the art of Madhya Pradesh and Sagar; it also gives a general description of the collections at the museum, including archaeological material found at various excavations and explorations, coins, seaals, inscriptions, paintings and terracotta works.

The most important part of the Catalogue is a detailed study of 45 selected sculptures. Some of these, for example, Nrvaraha, Nrsimha, Gajalaksmi, Ardhanarisvara, Dvarapala, Harihara-Hiranyagarbha, Parvati, Indrani, Sivagana, etc. are worth mentioning both as sculptures in the collection, and furthermore, as the pride and joy of the museum. Their vivid iconographic features are described here for the first time. 

Content - Introduction, The Importance of the Art of Madhya Pradesh and Sagar Description of the Museum's Collections, Sculptures, Archaeological Material, Coins, Seals and Sealings,  Inscriptions,  Paintings,  Terracottas,  Descriptions of Selected Sculptures, Male Torso, Indrani with a child between her feet (fragment), Gajalaksmi, Bust of Sivagana, Bust of Dvarapala (door guardian), Upper moulding of a door frame with a human face in the middle and lion faces on either side, Nrvaraha, delivering the goddess Earth, Nrsimha, fragment of a decorated coping stone,  Window,  Ardhanarisvara, Jambhala, Tirthankara Parsvanatha,  Inscribed slab showing a royal couple, Four-sided (sarvatobhadra) sculpture with Mahesa,  Urdhvaretas (ithyphallic) Lakulisa, seated on lotus,  Mahisasuramardini,  Saptamatrka (Seven Mothers) panel, Kaumari with peacock, Varahi standing on a tortoise, Bust of Nagaraja, Fragment of a door jamb showing the river goddess Yamuna and an attendant, Architectural piece with Kubera,  Architectural decoration (candrasala) with Kubera and Kirtimukha, Siva killing the demon Andhaka, Harihara-Hiranyagarbha, Bust of Mahesamurti,  A man greeting a lady with an attendant, Serpent (Naga) couple, Decorated door jamb with river goddess, loving couples and creeper, Laksmi-Narayana, Twenty-armed Durga, Four-armed Agni, Vayu, Battle scene with Siva linga worship, Panel with the nine planet deities (Navagraha),  Architectural piece with Surya, Left door jamb of a gateway with the river goddess Yamuna and erotic figures, Parvati holding Siva linga and Ganesa, Sixteen-armed Camunda, Lintel showing the Sun god, Navagraha (the nine planet deities) and Saptamatrka (the Seven Mothers), Decorated pillar showing Uma-Mahesvara, procession scene and battle scene, Sati stone, Serpent mother (Nagi) holding a child, Four-armed Ksetrapala with a dog, List of Sculptures Exhibited at the Harisingh Gour Archaeological Museum,  References, Index