The Indus Civilization c5.35

c5.35

In some of the larger houses, however, deep recesses have been found in the walls, and these, in all probability, were once fitted with wooden shelves. Chests of wood must also have been used for storage purposes; to them probably belonged the numerous pieces of shell inlay that have been found. Fasteners of bone and shell attest the use of boxes, and we can safely say that beds and stools were also ordinary articles of furniture. Some of the latter had their legs carved in the shape of a bull’s foot, after the manner of ancient Egypt, for a stool of this type appears on a seal, but nothing very definite can be said on the subject of furniture as not a single article has survived.