An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s1.1
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s1.1
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Amulets, believed to protect their possessors from evil eye or bad luck, were in use in India from an early period. Although most of the Indus seals cannot be classed as amulets because of the perforated knob at the back, a few seals from Mohenjo-daro which are hollow from within (Marshall, 1931, 2, pp. 380-1; Mackay, 1938, 1, pp. 342-3), may have contained an amulet inside. But a steatite seal from PRABHAS PATAN (1500-1200 B.C.) with a longitudinal perforation was in all probability used as an amulet. Both the sides of the seal are carved with figures of stylized deer, five on one side and seven on the other.