The Indus Civilization c9.30

c9.30

Clay was also used for other purposes besides making jars. Two traps, one of which was first shaped on a wheel, afford proof that small animals were caught by this means; probably the housewives of Mohenjo-daro were troubled by mice. A pottery cage containing a recess for food held some small animal or bird, and a description has been given in another chapter of the small model cages that have been unearthed, which seem to prove that both singing insects and birds were kept as pets.