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Question
Make a list of all the terracotta toys shown in the lesson. Which do you think children would have enjoyed playing with the most?
Solution
List of the Terracotta Toys
- A toy cart made of clay.
- Small clay carts resembling the modern ekhas.
- Puppets
- Whistles made in the form of birds and rattles of all kinds.
- Marbles
- Dolls
- Models of different cattle and animals. (Humped bull, Rhinoceros)
- Seals
- Jewellery articles.
We think that girls would have enjoyed dolls and puppets most, while the male children would have enjoyed carts or ekhas and rattles.
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