An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s7.t4.6
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s7.t4.6
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Wheeled toys consist of animals and birds with two or four wheels with transverse holes for stringing. The Chalcolithic and Harappa ones are from DAIMABAD, KALIBANGAN, LOTHAL, SURKOTADA, etc. At ALAMGIRPUR wheeled toys drawn by bulls and rams are known from the levels of the early 1st millennium B.C. At NAGDA a copper leopard placed on four wheels is datable to the 4th-3rd century B C. Many wheeled toys dragged by horses, humped bulls, rams and birds are reported from Taxila—Bhir mound and Sirkap—datable to the 4th century B C to the 1st century A D. Similar wheeled toys are also known from BHITA, KAUŚĀMBĪ MATHURA, etc., drawn by bulls and rams.