[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) › Linga # Linga Four-faced Śiva 'linga'. At each of the cardinal points a face of the god is carved: Śiva as incarnate terror (Bhairava), as withdrawn and serene ascetic (note the rosary beads around his neck and the crescent moon in his hair) and as feminine power (Parvati). Made of schist. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-24](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-24) · Pramāṇa