Two terracotta male figurines, nude.

Left: Male figurine, nude, published in Vats 1940 (Vo. II), no. 21.

Find no. A. 19, 1.7 in high “found at a depth of 2 ft. 6 in. b.s., in Mound F, Great Granary Area, Stratum I” (Vats 1940, p. 296)

Vats: “Male figure broken at the waist and showing on the underside marks of breaking off from a seat. It is better made than most of the others and wears a high collar pinched to a point in front. Its eyes are made of round pellets and the mouth of an elongated pellet slit horizontally for the lips. On its head is a rolled bandeau from which protrude a pair of horns. One of the horns is broken, but both are distinctly visible from behind.

“The above are the only two [also no. 22] examples of horned figures in terracotta. At Mohenjo-daro various figures with horned heads have been found. They include the three clay masks … a small horned statuette of copper … The horns [*footnote] on these figures leave little room for doubt that they are representations of some deity” (Vats 1940, p. 296).

Middle: Male figurine, nude, published in Vats 1940 (Vol. II), no 11.
Find no. Ab 326, Mound F.

Vats: “No. 11 (Ab326) is 4.5 in. high. It is a standing nude male figure wearing a broad collar broken in front. The arms and lower legs are missing and the facial features rough. Mound F, Great Granary Area, Depth 5 ft. 6 in. b.s. ; Stratum II.” (1940, p. 294)

Right: Double headed lion (A 813), standing on a cone like shaped stone. For description see Photo 17.

Sahni had stated that the object “must have been mounted on a cone of the same material (as shown in the photograph [Pl. XXVII f]) and presented as an offering at a temple” (ARASI 1924-25, p. 76-7).