Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Consider the following features of a Harappan artefact:

  1. A cross-legged human figure occupies the centre.
  2. An elephant and a tiger appear on the right.
  3. A rhinoceros and a buffalo appear on the left.
  4. Two antelopes are shown below the seat.

Which one of the following artefacts is described above?

  1. The seal identified by some scholars as the Pashupati Seal and by others as depicting a female deity
  2. A standard unicorn seal
  3. A rectangular copper tablet
  4. The soapstone bust of the bearded priest
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