An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.11

v1.c9.s19.11

Seals and sealings belonging to this period too are significant, for, besides preserving the names of individuals, kings, settlements, offices, etc., they refer to religious denominations, socio-religious institutions like those of *traividya* and *cāturvidya Brāhmaṇas*, Vedic *caraṇas* (corporate bodies for the study of the Vedas), mottos, Buddhist creed [12.8], etc. Sacred motifs and deities are also found embossed or engraved on some of them. A lidded jar containing charred human bones found at RAJGHAT suggests some sort of post-cremation burial.