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The person who hand-modelled this figurine has applied high relief decoration to the flat form. Here applied incised florets and leaves form an elaborate headdress. This, together with the incised jewellery and applied costume, combine to create a highly ornate image of a fertility goddess.

View from Khyale river in Charsadda near Sardaryab, Charsadda #countryside #village #peaceful #tour #charsadda

Cosmetic dish decorated with a figure riding a water monster based on Roman representations of a Nereid riding a sea monster, but perhaps influenced by Indian conceptiions of the Makara - a creature like a crocodile.

Torso of a female figure with extended arms and unshaped face. Lower portion of the body merged onto a pedestal having comb marks on the front. There are numerous circular indentations on the face and body.

Female figures fashioned from terracotta were found at large man-made pools of water in early Buddhist sacred compounds. They indicate the importance of art and rites associated with fertility and childbirth among the Buddhist laity, of which women were a major component. The wreath, small breasts, and gentle modeling of her full-hipped body associate this figure with Greco-Roman imagery.

On the banks of the Kabul River

Sardaryab, Charsadda