The Indus Civilization c6.13

c6.13

No less than three seals bearing a representation of this deity have been unearthed, in two cases the god being seated on a stool, and in the third on the ground. He is always nude, save for a cincture round the waist, and wears a number of bangles, but in two figures he has three faces, and in the other a single face in profile. All three representations have horns, but on two seals a sprig of flowers or leaves rising from the head between the horns strongly suggests that the figure so ornamented was a fertility or vegetation god, again analogous with Shiva, who personifies the reproductive powers of Nature.