The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c17.17

c17.17

6. Much-weathered alabaster statue of a squatting man, 16½ ins. high. The right knee is raised; the hands rest on the knees, and between them the fold of a skirt-like garment is indicated. The bearded face has lost most of its detail, including the inlay for the eyes, but, as on the other Mohenjo-daro heads, the face was disproportionate to the remainder of the skull. A fillet is tied at the back of the head, and the ends hang down. Found in fragments in and about the building in HR Area noted above (p. 39), and ascribed tentatively to the “Late Period”.