The Development of Hindu Iconography c12.13.2

c12.13.2

The deity is next shown seated on a low Indian throne in the well-known Yogic posture; from behind his head-dress there is a long tassel-like appendage to right, which reminds us of a similar object on the head of a similar figure on some Mohenjo-daro seals described by Mackay (*cf.* Nos. 222 and 235 already noted by me). Of the animals to his right, the one in the enclosure may be a goat, that below the projection, a hare or kid, and that above it, an indistinct animal with a long body. The reverse side of it shows from left to right a humpless bull standing by a trident-headed post, with his head bent down a little, then a standing figure, possibly a god, in front of a two-storied structure, followed by three pictograms at the right end. The structure seems to be of wood and is of unusual interest. It 'looks like a combined side elevation and perspective of a double-storied room preceded by a porch—both of open work in front, but seemingly the two-storied room is closed by lattice-work on the rear side and crowned at the corners by somewhat conical finials.' It is not certain what the bifurcated object apparently hanging down from a projection in front of the terrace stands for; just below it, however, is placed a domical something over the porch.