The Indus Civilization c6.23

c6.23

Certain large, smooth, cone-like stones unearthed at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were undoubtedly the *lingas* of those days, but it is impossible to say whether they were associated with the worship of Shiva at that early date. This association, however, seems more probable now that Sir John Marshall has identified one of the gods on the seal-amulets as the prototype of the Shiva of historic times and the present day.