29.Mold depicting a charioteer and archer
- ca. 200 BCE
- Paṭaliputra, Bihar
- Bihar Museum, Patna
This small clay disc depicts a warrior unleashing an arrow while driven by a charioteer, perhaps a heraldic image of a Mauryan ruler in the Achaemenid tradition of warrior-kingship. It was excavated together with inscribed ring stones and probably also served as a jeweler's mold for ear ornaments.
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