[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.c13.s1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c13.s1: 8.1 Terracotta Objects An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c13.s1 - **Language:** English ### 8.1 Terracotta Objects ### [v1.c13.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s1.1) Terracotta male figures are rare at the Harappa \[4.9\] sites of the Indus valley and Gujarat. The best specimen comes from lothal. With Sumerian features it has a bald head, square-cut beard, pointed nose and slit eyes. The eye-sockets are indicated by depressions. The pointed nose and long square-cut beard are features alien to the Indus art. ### [v1.c13.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s1.2) In historical times arikamedu has terracottas of male and female busts and heads imitating Graeco-Roman art. A terracotta suspension lamp of the 1st century shaped in the form of a female bust and a female figure with a gaping mouth from ter are typically Roman. There are interesting references to such Roman lamps in Tamil literature. ## Linked texts (2) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s1) · Pramāṇa