[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) › v2.c44.494 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.494 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.494 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.494) Gupta art stamp on two fragmentary stone plaques, one portraying elephants and another showing realistically a stag-hunting scene, perhaps to be identified with king Duṣyanta's hunt, introduced Sub-pd IV C. Terracotta figurines are not many but include an extremely beautiful figure of a maiden playing on the \*vīṇā\*. Another example of a well-balanced Gupta craftsmanship is supplied by a set of three silver utensils of ritualistic fire-feeding use (\*homa\*). These comprise a ladle, a spoon with handle of entwined rod and a pedestalled bowl with fine-chased decoration. The ladle and the bowl have parallels in terracotta as well, and it is likely that the particular shape of the bowl may have been influenced by Hellenistic \*kantharos\*; variants of which in bronze and silver have been found at Taxila. A bronze disc with perforated boss at the back, showing a winged griffin, again recalls such representation on stone tablets at Taxila. Typical of the pottery of the Sub-pd are votive tanks \[12.11\], lids with lamps on rim and an elegant flask with handle of entwined rope design. - [Previous: v2.c44.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.493) - [Next: v2.c44.495](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.495) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.494) · Pramāṇa