Seals and The Great Bath Hinduism Seals and The Great Bath

Seals

The Indus Valley excavation revealed many artefacts such as ‘seals’. They were used to stamp designs into soft clay. Seals were used to mark property in trade but also, some speculate that they had some religious meaning behind them too. Scholars reckon that some of the images on the seals were related to fertility rituals. The great majority of seals portray animals, almost exclusively male animals with horns and massive flanks and legs.

PROTO SHIVA It was found in Mohenjodaro. This seal with buffalo-horned figure almost looks like Shiva in his form as Pashupati, Lord of animals. Most widely contextual Harappan seal. Buffalos, leaping tigers, elephants and rhinos all surround the figure of Shiva.

The GREAT BATH

THE GREAT BATH OF MOHENJO DARO It is the earliest public water tank in the Ancient World. The tank itself measures approximately 12 meters north-south and 7 meters wide, with a maximum depth of 2.4 meters. The floor of the tank is water tight due to finely fitted bricks laid on the bottom. A thick layer of bitumen was laid along the sides of the tank to make it even more watertight. Across the street of Great Bath, there was a large building with several rooms and three balconies, with two staircases leading to roof and upper floor, this building is tentatively termed as house of Priest/several priests and labelled as "college of priests".[ Most scholars agree that this tank would have been used for special religious functions where water was used to purify and renew the well being of the bathers.