Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c12.135

c12.135

FIG. 22. Impressions from inscribed stamp-seals, Mohenjo-daro some animals are mythical inventions, such as chimeras and unicorns, but others, notably the magnificent series of humped and dewlapped bulls, monumental for all their miniature size, are of beasts immediately recognizable as likely to be familiar, wild or tame, to the Harappā artists. Some seals show mythological scenes which give us hints as to the possible strains in Harappā religious thought, and these will be commented on later when dealing with the problems of Harappā religion. There is a class of so-called small seals from Harappā which seem to be among the very few objects from any of the sites which show significant stratification, for they are confined to the lower levels.