WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -A well-known stamp seal from the Indus Valley, the Pashupati seal is carved in steatite and gets its name from the Sanskrit word for “lord of all animals, ‘’ referring to the Hindu deity Shiva.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most significantly he identified the seal as an early prototype of the Hindu god Shiva (or, his Vedic predecessor, Rudra), who also was known by the title Pashupati (’lord or father of all the animals’) in historic times.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps the best-known artifacts of the Indus civilization are a number of small seals. The seals were generally cut from steatite (soapstone) and were carved in intaglio or incised with a copper burin (cutting tool).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pashupati described in the Veda is the guardian of cattle, animals that have been domesticated, while the Pashupati seal in Harappa, which is 4, 000 years old, shows a man, or woman, surrounded by wild animals including a tiger and a rhino.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most famous seal is the Pashupati Seal of Harappan civilization from Mohenjo Daro. It is a seal with a figure seated cross-legged in the centre with animals around; an elephant and a tiger to the right of the figure and rhino and a buffalo to its left.