Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c7.s6.20
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c7.s6.20
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The representation of plant forms on the seals is rare. On a seal (*ibid*, 387) is the *Pipal* tree or *Aśvattha*, being the Indian Tree of Cosmos. Lion is not represented on any seal in the Indus Valley, but appears repeatedly on the archaic seals from Elam, Sumer, Kish and Babylon. Antelope is rare in the Indus Valley but frequent on the seals of Elam and Sumer.