Treasure trove seals worth of site [Dhosa and Tilpi, in Joynagar]

Telegraph (Calcutta) ^ | February 28 2006 | Sebanti Sarkar

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The terracotta seal and dedicatory brick bearing Brahmi inscriptions, that were brought to the city on February 18, confirmed the view of archaeologists like Gautam Sengupta, Bengal's director of archaeology and museums, that they belonged to a highly-evolved civilisation of the 2nd and 1st Century BC... Found recently is a terracotta Buddha head and a male torso, which bear "the typical features of early Gupta era — a blend of high refinement and formal power and the single-beaded necklace", said Sengupta. Both items found at Dhosa bear markings suggesting their having once been fixed to an architectural niche. "There is also evidence that the visible structure was built over an earlier one," said Sengupta.

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A terracotta statuette found at the site. Picture by Amit Datta

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Looks like a statue of the Buddha.....fits in with the time period too.

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