"This object is actually part of a composite figurine of a gharial, the narrow snouted crocodile that used to live in the local rivers and ox-bow lakes. The animal is commonly depicted on terracotta and steatite tablets and on intaglio seals. See drawing from Kenoyer 1993: Fig. 3-20,10 [above, Image 2]. For images of gharial on seals, see the
tablet with man-in-tree and tiger or this seal from Mohenjo-daro or this molded tablet from Harappa."
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, 2021.