[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.s19.11 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.11 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.11 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v1.c9.s19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.10) - [Next: v1.c9.s19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.12) - [Up: v1.c9.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.11) · Pramāṇa