An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.16

v1.c9.s14.16

The evidence for ornaments is confined to beads of steatite, faïence, chalcedony, agate and carnelian. Large terracotta beads of biconvex or planoconvex shape and decorated with incised zigzag or chevron designs were almost certainly meant to be spindle whorls [6.25]. Among the terracotta objects the most distinctive are bull figurines with prominent hump, long horns and legs produced by pinches. Other animal figurines are those of the dog, rhinoceros, elephant, ram and tortoise. Truncated conical pieces, sometimes with animal heads, were probably some kind of gamesmen. A fragment of a wheeled cart is known from AHAR².