Questions about the use and depiction of animals and their symbolic representation in art in the ancient Indus Valley civilization.

49. One unicorn horn or two?

Asko Parpola

Is it a bull (according to a recent British Museum/BBC history of the World series) and not a unicorn? A bull with two horns always shown from the side? A mythical one-horn beast? What is his significance? Submitted by Gharial Abramnova from school student questions

43. How does the dolphin appear in Indus iconography?

Richard H. Meadow

Is there any sign of the blind dolphin of the Indus?

Richard Meadow
I do not think the Indus dolphin appears in the iconography, although I stand to be corrected. The gharial or Indus crocodile does appear depicted on iconography of the Indus period, primarily on moulded "tablets" or "tokens".