INDIAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY

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Seals, sealings and rings of metal, bone, soft stone etc., kept in the private collection of Aditya Agarwal

Author:

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Himanshu Garg

This article by Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Himanshu Garg is the catalogue of 53 seals and stamps of bronze, lead, bone, soft stone and glass, 32 bronze rings, 48 bronze and lead amulets, 2 bronze medallions, 6 moulds and 17 miscellaneous objects. These antiquities are dated from 2nd – 1st Century BC to Modern times. It appears that the bone sealings were used by very important persons of that period for example the sealings of Magha Dynasty, a king named Vagapala, commander in chief named Kirtidata are made of ivory and bone were found. This collection also has a sealing of a queen named Bhogadevi. The glass sealings made in Kaushambi show that the glass technology of that time was very advanced. The jewellery mould made from soft stone indicates that people of Kaushambi were probably importing soft stone from Gaurihar, district Chhatarpur, M.P. and from Mundwara, district Katni, M.P.

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