The Indus Civilization c6.17

c6.17

The *nim*-tree and another which resembles an acacia also occur on various amulets; and these trees, too, are still sacred in India. There must, however, have been many other sacred trees in ancient times, to judge from the numbers of different kinds held in veneration to-day. The figures in the lower row of the *pipal*-tree seal-amulet are generally seven in number, and, as they wear similar headdresses to the goddess above them, they must also be regarded as deities.