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‘The inhabitants of Harappa appear also to have been in the habit of offering in their temples terra-cotta cones, with or without figures of animals, of which several specimen have been recovered.’ Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni is inclined to think that ‘a large cone of dark stone, 11 inches high resembling the Śiva-liṅga of modern times, must have been used for worship.’³