Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c18: Notes on the Plates
Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c18
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Notes on the Plates
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1 Rouletted ware from Brahmagiri, Chitaldrug district, Mysore, p. 31 (½).
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2 Polished stone axes from Brahmagiri, p. 84 (½).
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3 Shouldered stone hoe from Midnapur, West Bengal, p. 87 (½).
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4 Mohenjo-daro: loading-bay and platform of the Great Granary, excavated 1950, p. 97.
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5 Harappā: baked brick revetment (two periods) of the mud-brick defence of the citadel, p. 97.
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6 Mohenjo-daro: the tank on the citadel, p. 97.
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7 Mohenjo-daro: defensive towers at the south-east corner of the citadel, excavated 1950, pp. 97 and 102.
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8 Mohenjo-daro: 'Low Lane', p. 97.
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9 Mohenjo-daro: street with drains, p. 97.
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10 Mohenjo-daro: bronze statuette of dancing girl (½).
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11 Mohenjo-daro: stone head of 'priest-king' or deity (½).
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12 Mohenjo-daro: stone head (½).
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13 Mohenjo-daro: terracotta figurine with 'pannier' head-dress (½).
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14, 15 Mohenjo-daro: grotesque terracotta figurines (½).
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16 Mohenjo-daro: terracotta bull (¼).
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17 Mohenjo-daro: terracotta buffalo (¼).
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18 Mohenjo-daro: steatite seals, p. 100 (½).
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19 Mohenjo-daro: copper flat axes (⅓).
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20 Mohenjo-daro: chert flakes and polished cores (¼).
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21 Harappā: black-painted red vase (¼).
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22 Harappā: coffin burial in Cemetery R 37.
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23 Mohenjo-daro: the final massacre, p. 113.
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24 Mohenjo-daro: terracotta 'cakes', probably used for toilet purposes (¼).
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²⁵ Nāvdā Tolī: copper axes from an early level (⅓), p. 140 (½).
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²⁶ Kaushāmbī: baked brick revetment of the defences, p. 128.
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²⁷ Hastināpura: terracotta and pottery 'ring-wells' or 'soak-wells', p. 130.
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²⁸ Kaushāmbī: the unexcavated defences from the outside, p. 128.
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²⁹ Shishupālgarh, Orissa: staircase in gateway, p. 134.
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³⁰ Shishupālgarh: air view, p. 134.
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³¹ Nāvdā Tolī: painted pottery with deities and dancers, Chalcolithic period, p. 140 (½).
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³² Megalithic cist with 'dog-kennel' opening, Tiruvelangadu, Chittoor district, p. 154.
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³³ Stone circle in the Mandurantakam taluk, Chingleput district, Madras, p. 155.
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34 Megalithic cist with ‘port-hole’, Vengupattu, North Arcot district, p. 154.
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35 Terracotta sarcophagus in megalithic cist, Mandurantakam taluk, Chingleput district, p. 154.
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36 Terracotta sarcophagus from Sankhavaram, Chingleput district. Now in the Government Museum, Madras, p. 154 (length 2½ ft.).
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37 Terracotta sarcophagus at Pallavaram, Chingleput district, p. 154.
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38 Megalithic ‘port-hole’ cist at Brahmagiri, Chitaldrug district, p. 155.
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39 Burial-pit with grave-goods and four stones to support bier, Brahmagiri, Chitaldrug district, p. 156.
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40 ‘Umbrella stones’ in the Talapalli taluk, Cochin, p. 156.
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41 ‘Hoodstone’ over burial, Talapalli taluk, Cochin, p. 156.
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42 Stone avenues near Gogi, Gulbarga district, p. 157.
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43 Iron hoes or ploughshares found below a megalithic cist at Polechatticherugudda, Warangal district, p. 161 (½).
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44 Entrance-chamber to four rock-cut caves at Katakampal, Talapalli taluk, Cochin, p. 158 (scale of ft.).
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45 Pottery from a burial-cave at Eyyal, Trichur taluk, Cochin (½), p. 161 (¼).
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46 Black-and-red pottery from Brahmagiri (½), p. 161 (¼).
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47 Old Rājgir, Bihar: dry-built city-wall at the Bāngangā defile, c. 6th century B.C., p. 173.
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48 Pātaliputra, Bihar: defensive palisade at Bulandibāgh, c. latter part of 4th century B.C., p. 177.
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49 Column-capital in Persian style, from Pāṭaliputra, *c.* late 4th–early 3rd century B.C. In the Patna Museum, p. 177. (Height 2 ft. 9½ in.).
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50 Taxila: air-view of part of the earliest city, on the Bhīr Mound, 5th–2nd century B.C., p. 173.
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51 Three Achaemenid gems, with impressions, from Taxila (Bhīr Mound), *c.* 300 B.C. (¼). Found with the bent-bar coins, pl. 53. In the National Museum, New Delhi, p. 174 (⅓).
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52 Mauryan inscription from Mahāsthān, East Bengal, p. 136 (½).
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53 Silver bent-bar coins from Taxila (Bhīr Mound), *c.* 300 B.C. (½).
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54 Chārsada, North-west Frontier: defensive ditch and post-holes for postern and bridge, part of the early fortifications of the Bālā Hiṣār or High Fort, *c.* 4th century B.C., excavated 1958, p. 172.
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55 Terracotta figurine of goddess, from Chārsada; 3rd–2nd centuries B.C. (½).
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⁵⁶ The Ashokan lion-capital at Sārnāth, *c.* 245 B.C., p.
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¹⁷⁴ (Height 7 ft.).
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⁵⁷ Entrance to the Lomas Rishi cave in the Barābar hills near Gaya, Bihar, time of Ashoka, p. 175.