[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) › c7.10 # The Indus Civilization c7.10 The Indus Civilization c7.10 - **Language:** English ### [c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.10) With regard to methods of doing the hair, more is known of the styles favoured by the men than of those in vogue among the women, for the head-dresses worn by the female figurines prevent the hair from being seen. A piece of statuary exists, however, in which a woman’s curly hair hangs down in a mass at the back of the head, and a badly damaged head of a small steatite figure has exactly the same arrangement. The figures of goddesses on the amulets sometimes have a plait tied with a bow at the end, and as this is a favourite way of dressing the hair in modern India, it is unlikely that plaits were reserved exclusively for divinities. - [Previous: c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.9) - [Next: c7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.11) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.10) · Pramāṇa