Synopsis

A large number of female figurines in terracotta, and some also in metals, have found from various sites in Eastern Baluchistan, Baluchistan Highlands and the Indus Valley. They belong to the period from 4000 BC till 1500 BC. Their features and design indicate that these figurines played the role of mother-goddesses in the Indus and pre-Indus cultures. They were extensively employed in fertility rites.