[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Figure of Ganesha # Figure of Ganesha (Figure of Gaṇeśa) Figure of Gaṇeśa. Typically corpulent and holding a bowl of sweets, the god is shown standing on a lotus pedestal at the base of which crouches his rat 'vahana'. His anklets are of snakes, as is the sacred thread wound across his chest. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1200–1299 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1872-0701-59](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1872-0701-59) · Pramāṇa