The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c17.23

c17.23

Of the eleven stone sculptures listed above,¹ it will be observed that four or five represent a stereotyped squatting figure, presumably of a god. To the same divine category may be ascribed the composite animal and, in all probability, the bust with the trefoiled garment. Two or three of the human figures are apparently unfinished. All the sculptures are derived from the higher and presumably later levels, but it must be remembered that the lower levels are much less known, so that the significance of this stratification, such as it be, cannot be computed. Five of the sculptures were found on the citadel—a significantly high proportion, having regard to the wide extent of excavation elsewhere. The special character of the building in HR Area in the vicinity of no. 6 may again be emphasized (above, p. 39).