Which of the following are true about Harappan religion?
1. Image worship was in vogue.
2. Female deities were predominant.
3. Cult of mother goddess.
4. No temple structure unearthed.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Image worship: The various articles discovered at different sites in the Harappa and Indus Valley suggest that these people indulged in some sort of image-worship.
Mother goddess: The most commonly found figurine is that of a female deity who has generally been identified with “the Mother Goddess”
No temple: The Papal tree was used as a religious symbol. They worshipped Pasupathi (Shiva) and Mother Goddess Mother Goddess represented fertility. There are no temple structures among the remains.
Female diety: Marshall hypothesized the existence of a cult of Mother Goddess worship based upon excavation of several female figurines and thought that this was a precursor of the Hindu sect of Shaktism.