Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c14.97

c14.97

There is some evidence for the use of traces on the outer sides, and one word (vānī) might have the significance of a swingle-tree or splinter-bar to which these were fastened. Two horses were usually employed, but an additional one or two animals could on occasion be harnessed outside - one is seen, indeed, in such a position on one of the ‘Scarlet Ware’ scenes mentioned above from Sumer, and the practice was also known in Homeric times.