An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.48

v1.c9.s18.48

The significant finds of the stage include handmade human and animal figurines prepared out of single or double mould; beads of agate, lapis lazuli and other semiprecious stones, paste, terracotta, faience [16.6] and glass; a mirror and chariots of bronze from RAIRH; soapstone toilet caskets [18.2]; legged and rotary querns; terracotta rattles [6.7.4], wheels and gamesmen [6.7 2]; bone, terracotta and stone discs; bangles of shell copper and terracotta; ear ornaments, skin-rubbers [18.4] and copper objects and iron implements like sword-blades, lances, spearheads and small daggers. Some outstanding human figures, which give some idea of contemporary aesthetic traditions and beliefs, comprised a plaque depicting figures of Kāmadeva and his consort Rati, Indra attended by a female flywhisk-bearer, a female figure in the round with an attractive head-dress, a *yakṣī* standing under a tree from NAGAR² and a terracotta mould of a female head, hand-modelled figure of a male seated on a stool with pendant legs, reminding one of the Mathura statue of Wima Kadphises, and a fragment of a terracotta plaque depicting a male with four-stringed lyre from SAMBHAR.