The Development of Hindu Iconography c12.26

c12.26

¹ Rai Sahib Krishnadas, the Curator of the Museum, kindly gave me permission to utilise the stone-discs in the collection of the Bharat Kala Bhavan for my book. I may here refer to one cylindrical amulet-like object of red steatite about 1¼" in length and ½" in breadth, found at Rajghat, which is somewhat similar to a few cylindrical seals (amulets?) unearthed at Mohenjo-daro. There are three shallow incuse bands, two on either side and one in the middle, the latter dividing