History & Civics
Study the picture of the seal given on the right and answer the following questions:
(a) Identify the seal in the given picture. What is depicted on this seal? What does it reveal about the beliefs of the Harappans?
(b) Of what material were these seals made? Why were the seals used?
(c) What do the seals reveal about the Harappans?
Harappan Civilisation
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(a) The given picture shows the Pashupati seal.
The seal depicts Pashupati Mahadeva shown as a three-faced deity wearing a buffalo-horned head-dress, seated cross-legged on a throne and surrounded by an elephant, a tiger, a buffalo and a rhinoceros, with two deer at his feet.
The Pashupati seal reveals that Harappans believed in Shiva.
(b) These seal were made up of terracotta, steatite, agate etc.
These seals were used by traders to stamp their goods. After a bag of goods was tied, a layer of wet clay was applied on the knot, and the seal was pressed on it.
(c) The seals provide useful information about the script, trade, religion and beliefs of Harappans. It also shows the extent of trade in that region.
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