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Pashupati seal, the Glossary

The Pashupati seal (also Mahayogi seal, Proto-Śiva seal the adjective "so-called" sometimes applied to "Pashupati"), is a steatite seal which was uncovered in Mohenjo-daro, now in modern day Pakistan, a major urban site of the Indus Valley civilisation ("IVC"), during excavations in 1928–29, when the region was under British rule.^[1]

62 relations: Alf Hiltebeitel, Archaeological Survey of India, Asko Parpola, British Museum, British Raj, Cernunnos, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Dancing Girl (sculpture), Dominion of India, Doris Meth Srinivasan, Dravidian peoples, Durga, Ernest J. H. Mackay, Geoffrey Samuel, Glossary of archaeology, Gundestrup cauldron, Gutasaga, Hatha yoga, Hinduism, Hindus, Horned deity, Indian independence movement, Indian rhinoceros, Indus script, Indus Valley Civilisation, Islamabad, John Marshall (archaeologist), Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Kalibangan, Kalpa Sūtra, Kot Diji, Lahore Museum, Lingam, Mahishasura, Master of Animals, Mohenjo-daro, Mulabandhasana, Nandi (Hinduism), National Museum of India, Pakistan, Partition of India, Pashupati, Phallus, Polycephaly, Priest-King (sculpture), Proto-Elamite (period), Rudra, Shiva, Soapstone, Squatting position, ... Expand index (12 more) »
1928 archaeological discoveries
3rd-millennium BC works
Elephants in art
Horned gods
Individual hardstone carvings
Mohenjo-daro
Pakistani sculpture
Tigers in art

Alf Hiltebeitel

Alfred John Hiltebeitel (April 10, 1942 - March 12, 2023) was Columbian Professor of Religion, History, and Human Sciences at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., US.

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Archaeological Survey of India

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country.

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Asko Parpola

Asko Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of South Asian studies at the University of Helsinki.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Cernunnos

In ancient Celtic and Gallo-Roman religion, Cernunnos or Carnonos is a god depicted with antlers, seated cross-legged, and is associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls. Pashupati seal and Cernunnos are horned gods.

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Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi

Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (31 July 1907 – 29 June 1966) was an Indian polymath with interests in mathematics, statistics, philology, history, and genetics.

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Dancing Girl (sculpture)

Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about –1751 BC in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities. Pashupati seal and Dancing Girl (sculpture) are bronze Age art, Mohenjo-daro and Pakistani sculpture.

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Dominion of India

The Dominion of India, officially the Union of India,.

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Doris Meth Srinivasan

Doris Meth Srinivasan is a professor of Indological studies.

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Dravidian peoples

The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia (predominantly India).

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Durga

Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.

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Ernest J. H. Mackay

Ernest John Henry Mackay (5 July 1880 – 2 October 1943) was a British archeologist from Bristol known for his excavations and studies of Mohenjo-daro and other sites belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation. Pashupati seal and Ernest J. H. Mackay are Mohenjo-daro.

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Geoffrey Samuel

Geoffrey Samuel (born 22 November 1946) is an emeritus professor of religious studies at Cardiff University.

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Glossary of archaeology

This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains.

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Gundestrup cauldron

The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from between 200 BC and 300 AD,Nielsen, S; Andersen, J; Baker, J; Christensen, C; Glastrup, J; et al.

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Gutasaga

Gutasaga (Gutasagan) is a saga regarding the history of Gotland before its Christianization.

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Hatha yoga

Hatha yoga (IAST: Haṭha-yoga) is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve and channel vital force or energy.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Horned deity

Deities depicted with horns or antlers are found in many religions across the world.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.

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Indian rhinoceros

The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros, or Indian rhino for short, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Indus script

The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script and the Indus Valley Script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.

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Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

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Islamabad

Islamabad (اسلام&zwnj;آباد|translit.

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John Marshall (archaeologist)

Sir John Hubert Marshall (19 March 1876, Chester, England – 17 August 1958, Guildford, England) was an English archaeologist who was Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. Pashupati seal and John Marshall (archaeologist) are Mohenjo-daro.

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Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (born 28 May 1952, in Shillong, India) is an American archaeologist and George F. Dales Jr.

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Kalibangan

Kalibangān is a town located at on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River) in Tehsil Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumangarh in Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan, India 205 km.

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Kalpa Sūtra

The Kalpa Sūtra (कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira.

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Kot Diji

The ancient site at Kot Diji (ڪوٽ ڏیجي; کوٹ ڈیجی) was the forerunner of the Indus Civilization.

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Lahore Museum

The Lahore Museum (لہور میوزیم; عجائب گھر لاہور) is a museum located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Lingam

A lingam (लिङ्ग, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism.

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Mahishasura

Mahishasura is a bovine asura in Hinduism.

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Master of Animals

The Master of Animals, Lord of Animals, or Mistress of the Animals is a motif in ancient art showing a human between and grasping two confronted animals.

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Mohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-daro (موهن جو دڙو,; موئن جو دڑو) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan.

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Mulabandhasana

Mulabandhasana (Sanskrit: मूलबंधासन) is a sitting asana in hatha yoga.

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Nandi (Hinduism)

Nandi (नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva.

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National Museum of India

The National Museum in New Delhi, also known as the National Museum of India, is one of the largest museums in India.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Partition of India

The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.

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Pashupati

Pashupati (पशुपति) is a Hindu deity and an incarnation of Shiva as the "Lord of the animals". Pashupati seal and Pashupati are horned gods.

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Phallus

A phallus (phalli or phalluses) is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis.

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Polycephaly

Polycephaly is the condition of having more than one head.

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Priest-King (sculpture)

The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan, in 1925–26. Pashupati seal and Priest-King (sculpture) are bronze Age art, Mohenjo-daro and Pakistani sculpture.

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Proto-Elamite (period)

The Proto-Elamite period, also known as Susa III, is a chronological era in the ancient history of the area of Elam, dating from.

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Rudra

Rudra (रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Soapstone

Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock.

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Squatting position

Squatting is a versatile posture where the weight of the body is on the feet but the knees and hips are bent.

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Stamp seal

The stamp seal (also impression seal) is a common seal die, frequently carved from stone, known at least since the 6th millennium BC (Halaf culture) and probably earlier. Pashupati seal and stamp seal are seals (insignia).

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Terracotta

Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta, is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramicOED, "Terracotta";, MFA Boston, "Cameo" database fired at relatively low temperatures.

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The Hindus: An Alternative History

The Hindus: An Alternative History is a book by American Indologist Wendy Doniger which the author describes as an "alternative to the narrative of Hindu history that they tell".

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Trishula

The trishula is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism.

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Upinder Singh

Upinder Singh (born 22 June 1959) is an Indian historian who is a professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University.

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Vahana

Vahana (translit) or vahanam denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle.

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Varuna

Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water.

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Vedic period

The Vedic period, or the Vedic age, is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (–900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain BCE.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashupati_seal

Also known as "Pashupati" seal, Seal 420.

, Stamp seal, Terracotta, The Hindus: An Alternative History, Trishula, Upinder Singh, Vahana, Varuna, Vedic period, Walter Fairservis, Wendy Doniger, Wild water buffalo, Yogi.

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See also

1928 archaeological discoveries

3rd-millennium BC works

Elephants in art

Horned gods

Individual hardstone carvings

Mohenjo-daro

Pakistani sculpture

Tigers in art

References