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appears to be significant. The motif is popular and fairly well distributed, And comparable evidences are available from Campa (Bhagalpur Dist.)28 Chirand (Saran Dist,)24 and Sonpur (Gaya Dist.),25
Apart from the Nagas, some other animal types are also known viz. dog, bull, ram, elephant and horse. Two distinct trends in the delineation of the form can be identified. The first trend is characterised by rudimentary treatment, the details are completely omitted. The other trend is distinguished by more elaborate treatment with an eye to the details. The first trend is discernible in a dog figurine with archaic features26 and the culmination of the second trend can be detected In an elegant head of a horse.27 (Fig. 3) Its head-stall consists of cheek-straps and front and nose
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B. P. Sinha, Puratattva, 6, 1972-73, p. 71, pl. IV. Indian Archaeology, A Review, 1959-60, p. 14. Ibid, 1963-64, p. 8.
VE, '58-62, pl. LIII, Fig. 2.
VE, '50, pl. XVII. B.
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