[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935) › c10.4 # The Indus Civilization c10.4 The Indus Civilization c10.4 - **Language:** English ### [c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10.4) Little toy birds, a few of which are crudely coloured and most provided with stick legs, are quite well known, while a small model of a bird with its beak open—evidently singing —in conjunction with some miniature cages which have been found, seems to show that song-birds were kept as pets. These cages occur in both cities and one of them has an obviously tame bird, perhaps a bulbul, coming out of the door, while other examples may have been intended to house a cricket or other chirping insect. A whistle shaped like a bird, by means of which various call-notes may have been imitated, was evidently very popular, while another favourite toy was a small animal climbing up a pole; up to the present the animal is still unidentified, but it was probably a common pet. - [Previous: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10.3) - [Next: c10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10.5) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10.4) · Pramāṇa