An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c22.s2.3
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c22.s2.3
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Some female figurines have been reported from Neolithic CHIRAND, Pd I A, and from several sites of the Chalcolithic cultures of e. [4.14.3-4] and c. India [4.14.5] and the Deccan [4.14.6-8]. These figurines are typologically different from those of the Harappa culture. They have a plump physiognomy and stumpy legs and lack ornamentation. Most of them are headless, e.g. those from ORIUP, BILWALI, INAMGAON and NEVASA. The BILWALI figurines are fiddle-shaped. The NEVASA and NAVDATOLI ones are applied on storage jars suggesting a protective or fertility function. The headless goddess found within a clay box in a house at INAMGAON has