Meet the toddler figurines

 

   Mina and Yasin meet these cheeky terracotta figurines in the courtyard of a house in
  Mohenjo-daro. They love to play. What did real children have to play with 4000 years ago?
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What's he got in his hand? It could be a clay disc for a throwing game called Pittu. An archaeologist thinks so, because he excavated discs just like Pittu discs. If children teach younger children how to play, a game could last for thousands of years!

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Discs for a throwing game  

Bird Whistles

What are these? A terracotta toy ram with a bird tail, on wheels.

A terracotta maze.

Marbles carved in stone, (agate and jasper). Perhaps adults played with these?

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marbles marbles of agate and jasper