[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.c23.s3.3 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s3.3 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s3.3) Save for two examples, the Harappa combs are decorated with double incised concentric circles, in one case filled with a black pigment, with the teeth cut with a saw, and are of various types. That these had been used for a considerable time is evident from the polish they have acquired. Out of the five examples from Mohenjo-daro (Marshall, 1931, p. 532; Mackay, 1938, pp. 541-2) only one, double-edged or -sided, lay ‘among the nine skeletons that were found packed together at the western end of Long Lane’ (Mackay, 1938, p. 542). According to Mackay this is the finest comb found at Mohenjo-daro and ‘was probably worn in the hair’ (\*ibid\*., p. 116) as it was found quite close to a skull. One of the combs is V-shaped and without any decoration which ‘judging from its shape and firmness of the teeth … may have been used to remove vermin from long, lanky hair’ - [Previous: v1.c23.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s3.2) - [Next: v1.c23.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s3.4) - [Up: v1.c23.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s3.3) · Pramāṇa