[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Sculpture # Sculpture A standing figure of Ganesha, the elephant headed son of Shiva, with four arms. He stands slightly flexed and with the left leg bent on a circular lotus-asana which rises from a moulded rectangular pitha. The upper left hand holds the noose (pasa); the upper right, an elephant goad (ankusa); - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1200–1300 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-112-1924](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-112-1924) · Pramāṇa