[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.s5.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s5.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s5.2) Eight Harappa \[4.9\] mirrors are reported, three each from Mohenjo-daro and Harappa and one each from KALIBANGAN and LOTHAL. Of those from Mohenjodaro (Mackay, 1938, pp. 477-8), all of bronze, slightly oval in shape with recessed face and the edge slightly raised, one is comparatively small in diameter and was 'possibly made for a child' (\*ibid.\*). The other two have respectively a rectangular and long flat handle, each having a hole at the end of the handle. The mirrors from Harappa are of copper. One of them, 1·80 cm in diameter, is oval in shape with a long tang (Vats, 1940, p. 391), while another, which is similar, is of a smaller size (\*ASI-AR 1936-7\*, p. 40). The third specimen, round in shape with a plain flat handle, was 'found in the water-jar' placed along with other pottery in Burial 2 from Cemetery R 37 (Wheeler, 1947, pp. 87, 125-6). The copper or bronze mirror from KALIBANGAN also has been found in a grave near the head of a human skeleton (\*IAR 1963-4\*, p. 38). The LOTHAL bronze mirror is ovoid in shape having a slightly concave surface. In this context reference may also be made to the bronze/copper mirrors found at a number of contemporary sites like Mundigak and Dashli-Tepe, respectively in s. and n. Afghanistan, Altin-Depe in s. Turkmenia, Bronze Age sites of the Andronovo culture and Tulkhar Depe in s. Tadjikistan (Gupta, 1979, 2, pp. 116, 160-1, 190, 193, 195 and 201). - [Previous: v1.c23.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s5.1) - [Next: v1.c23.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s5.3) - [Up: v1.c23.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s5) ## Linked texts (5) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) - [Kālībangan](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kalibangan) - [Mundigak](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mundigak) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c23.s5.2) · Pramāṇa