[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.c17.s3.9 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s3.9 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s3.9 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.9) 12.3.8 \*Objects of domestic worship.\* Plaques of stone, metal and terracotta depicting divinities and tiny figures of various deities, votive tablets, etc., which are commonly available in the Śaka-Kushan and later levels at various sites, form significant objects of daily \*devānuṣṭhāna.\* Amongst the notable such objects of Kushan times mention may be made of: plaques depicting Kārttikeya and a framed animal-faced goddess with a male deity in bronze; terracotta Viṣṇu and Mahiṣamardinī from SONKH; \*nāga\*, Bodhisattva and Lakṣmī figures of terracotta; stone tablets of homage (Jaina \*āyāgapaṭas\*) from Mathura; clay images of Naigameṣa; \*mātṛkās\* carved on clay tablets from various sites; and a \*yantra\* containing an \*aṣṭadala-padma\*, \*pīṭha\* with \*vṛtta\*, \*bindu\* and the outline of a \*bhupura\* below from CHIRAND. In the Gupta and later periods there are many important cultic figures, including Mahiṣamardinī plaques from AHICCHATRĀ, BHITA, RAJGHAT and MATHURA (which also yielded a plaque with Pārvatī; plaque with Viṣṇu in relief from UJJAIN; and scores of medieval \*pūjā-vigrahas\* of the Buddhists from NĀLANDĀ, RATNAGIRI, ANTICHAK and other sites; and small bronze coins including a Gaṇeśa from RAJBADIDANGA. - [Previous: v1.c17.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.8) - [Next: v1.c17.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.10) - [Up: v1.c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3) ## Linked texts (7) - [Sonkh](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sonkh) - [Ahicchatra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ahichchhatra) - [Nālandā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nalanda) - [Chirand](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirand) - [Antichak](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.antichak) - [Rajbadi-danga (Jadupur)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.rajbadi-danga-jadupur) - [Bhita](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhita) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.9) · Pramāṇa