[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.s9.29 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.29 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.29 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.29) Terracotta animal figurines are plentiful, representing mainly the bull, but also the elephant, rhinoceros, dog, monkey, pig, etc. Except a few stray examples, say from a late level of LOTHAL, the horse is by and large absent from the terracotta representations. The much debated terracotta animal from Mohenjo-daro (Mackay, 1938, 2, pl. LXXVIII, p. 11) is indeed a dog, as clearly seen from the contours of its face, and not a horse. From the artistic point of view one cannot fail to observe the high degree of modelling represented by the terracotta bulls from Mohenjo-daro and KALIBANGAN. The other terracotta objects included toy-carts with solid wheels \[16.19\], cubical dice \[6.7.1\] with markings usually 1 opposite 2, 3 opposite 4, and 5 opposite 6, and a variety of ‘cakes’—flat-triangular, biconvex-circular, spheroid and oblong—whose exact use is still debated. - [Previous: v1.c9.s9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.28) - [Next: v1.c9.s9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.30) - [Up: v1.c9.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) - [Kālībangan](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kalibangan) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.29) · Pramāṇa