[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c11.s13.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s13.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s13.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c11.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c11.s13.2) Representations of masked human figures are found in paintings on rock-shelters \[13\] which have been dated variously between the Mesolithic \[4.5\] and the historical period; some of these could be considered archetypes of later masks. These figures painted on rock-shelters in Madhya Pradesh are shown wearing bison-horned masks, wolf-head masks, mouse-head masks, etc. (Wakankar and Brooks, 1976, pp. 32, 44, 79). One of the human figures from BHIMBETKA, wearing a double-horned mask and another from MODI (\*ibid.\*, p. 32) are reminiscent respectively of the Harappa \[4.9\] double-horned figure engraved on a terracotta cake found at KALIBANGAN (\*IAR 1963-4\*, pp. 31, 38, pl. XXII B) and the painted motif on a Cemetery H potsherd from Harappa (Vats, 1940, pl. LXIX, 18). Of interest are the masked human figures with double horns represented on seals from Mohenjo-daro and an archer with a double-horned masked face on a copper tablet from the same site. - [Previous: v1.c11.s13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c11.s13.1) - [Next: v1.c11.s13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c11.s13.3) - [Up: v1.c11.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c11.s13) ## Linked texts (4) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) - [Kālībangan](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kalibangan) - [Bhīmbeṭkā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhimbetka) - [Modi](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.modi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c11.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c11.s13.2) · Pramāṇa