Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t3.19

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*Valaya* is the name of a certain kind of personal ornament, such as bracelets, anklets, necklets, waist-bands, &c. They are well seen on the figures of the Bharhut Stūpa (of about the 2nd century A. D.), called Chulakokā and Suchiloma, shown in Figs. 2 and 3.¹ Suśruta states that these *valaya* bones are found in the hands and feet, and in the sides, back, abdomen, and breast. Those in the hands and feet are the clusters (carpus and tarsus), wrist-bones (styloid processes), ankle-bones (malleoli) and heels : they resemble bracelets and anklets. The latter are shown in Fig. 2. The other bones indicated by him are the ribs, the bones of the vertebral column, also the costal cartilages and sternum, all of which resemble a necklace (Fig. 2), and the pubic arch which resembles the bow of a waist-band (Fig. 3).