[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.c9.s18.48 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.48 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.48 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v1.c9.s18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.47) - [Next: v1.c9.s18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.49) - [Up: v1.c9.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Sambhar](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sambhar) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.48) · Pramāṇa