An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.204

v2.c28.204

Copper was still in use, but iron had also firmly come into its own, as evident from a spearhead and two arrowheads, one of them barbed, apart from nails and pins. A new tradition in terracotta animal toys [6.7.4] is provided by two wheeled animals, a bull and a ram, with perforated faces to pull them by means of strings. The beautifully modelled bodies of the animals bear incised lines. A semicircular grey-ware object with its hollow interior divided into two portions remains unidentified. Among other terracotta objects may be named bangles, vase-shaped beads and ornamented discs. Bone is the material for dice, styluses, ‘mother goddess’ pendants, pins and points, perhaps arrowheads. Small reel-shaped discs of black jasper, vitreous paste and bone were perhaps used as ear studs. Bangles were made of baked clay and beads of glass.