[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.c22.s2.3 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c22.s2.3 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c22.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c22.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c22.s2.3) 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 - [Previous: v1.c22.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c22.s2.2) - [Next: v1.c22.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c22.s2.4) - [Up: v1.c22.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c22.s2) ## Linked texts (5) - [Nevasa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nevasa) - [Chirand](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirand) - [Navdatoli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.navdatoli) - [Inamgaon](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.inamgaon) - [Oriup](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.oriup) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c22.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c22.s2.3) · Pramāṇa